It’s rare to see a suburban fourteen-year-old working these days. The times have changed and priorities have shifted along with the times. A combination of unmotivated and/or overindulged youth coupled with protective parents keeps too many...
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Most presidential historians consider Abraham Lincoln to have been America’s greatest president. Of all the values and principles our 16th president believed in, the idea that an individual should work hard was the one he believed in most...
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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 what most of us did. We babysat...
Read More A few years ago I was wandering around a large chain bookstore, looking for books that told the stories of individuals with disabilities. Since I was working with kids with disabilities for a living, I was curious to see what was out there. Not...
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Special Stories, a book about youth with disabilities, includes stories on kids with ADD/ADHD and learning disabilities.
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“In life you meet a lot of very interesting people. Some are takers and others are givers. Mike Kelly is a giver and he has done so for many years. His work with children with disabilities is admirable. His compilation of stories about...
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This article originally appeared on Disabled World’s website: https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/publications/special-stories.php Over the last fifteen years, award-winning transition educator Mike Kelly has worked with hundreds of...
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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 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 ENJOYED IT. YOU HAD ME LAUGHING, CRYING, THINKING—A BUNCH OF EMOTIONS. WELL...
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 IDAHOSTATESMAN.COM SPOTLIGHT ON IDAHO AUTHORS “Special Stories: Short Stories on Youth with Disabilities and My Adventures Working in the Disabilities Field” by Mike Kelly; Vendue Books ($19.99 pbk/$6.99...
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PART 2 of 2 During my next visit to Charleston the following December, I was once again contracted by Lindsay’s parents to help their daughter with a new project. Her parents reported that she was still working well with Carly at The...
Read More PART 1 of 2 Due to the flexibility of my job and my wife’s work in Pennsylvania—combined with our desire to travel and embark upon new adventures—I was able to build a small caseload of students in Charleston, South Carolina each winter...
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