From the disability memoir Special Stories… While at dinner with a group of friends one evening, a buddy of mine began prattling on about how hard his job was as a pharmaceutical salesman for a multibillion dollar global drug company. He...
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Legend Royce Gracie headlines fundraiser benefiting individuals with disabilities PART 2 OF 2 I’d built momentum from the last charity event I created, organized, raised funds for, and promoted. Now I needed to replicate its success. I...
Read More Royce Gracie headlines fundraiser benefiting individuals with disabilities. PART 1 OF 2 For many years people have debated which fighting style is superior. Boxers argued they would knock out wrestlers. Wrestlers claimed they’d defeat boxers...
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We’ve all seen the news stories on TV of famous professional athletes committing crimes or demonstrating other reprehensible behavior. We’ve also read about multi-millionaire professional athletes charging their fans $50 or $100 to...
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Special Stories book about disabilities. How old were you when you got your first job? I’m sure it wasn’t when you were twenty or twenty-two or . . . never. You likely got your first job when you were in your early teens. That’s...
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Book about disabilities- Over the last fifteen years, award-winning transition educator Mike Kelly has worked with hundreds of young adults with a wide range of disabilities living across the country. During that time he has served as an...
Read More Book about disabilities- Stereotyping hurts For some reason, society has unreasonably low expectations of youth with disabilities along with a propensity to stereotype. In fact, there’s a prevailing and widespread belief that youth with...
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This two-part interview was conducted by Courtney Williams from Disability Life. Part Two is below. PART TWO CW— SPEAKING OF SALES, HOW ARE BOOK SALES GOING? MK— I’m nowhere close to that hundred thousand copies, I’ll tell you that...
Read More Book about disabilities- Interview with Special Stories author Mike Kelly. This two-part interview was conducted by Courtney Williams from Disability Life. Part One is below. PART ONE CW— FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BOOK. I READ IT AND...
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A seventeen-year-old high school senior with a winning smile and short brown hair that throws off reddish glints, Donald (not his real name) has Down syndrome. He is a young man of few words and, like most guys, keeps his feelings to himself...
Read More I’ve come to find out that there’s a double standard for kids with disabilities. While there are a great many people out in the business world who will bend over backward to accommodate my students at work, I’ve come to find out...
Read More Classified with intellectual disabilities, Benson (not his real name) is a friendly fourteen-year-old with an engaging smile and an easy personality. I first met Benson when his mother called me after she read a newspaper article about my work...
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