In the second half of my book I talk about how celebrities I reached out to wanted tens of thousands of dollars to briefly appear at charity events I had conceived and organized benefiting individuals with disabilities, and how I was both shocked...
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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 there are even more that won’t. These folks always seem to watch my students more...
Read More For some reason, society has unreasonably low expectations of youth with disabilities and a propensity to stereotype. In fact, there’s a prevailing and widespread belief that youth with disabilities have three career options: 1) Bag...
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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— I’M HERE WITH MIKE KELLY, AUTHOR OF SPECIAL STORIES. FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BOOK. I READ IT AND ENJOYED IT. YOU HAD...
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are almost seventy million people living with a disability in the United States—nearly 1 in 5 people. Because of that high number, one would think that many books would prominently feature people with...
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While at dinner with a group of friends one evening, enjoying a light and convivial conversation, 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...
Read More As a society we’ve come a long way since the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990. Yet even in this age of disabilities enlightenment, there are still many who remain in the dark when it comes to society recognizing the...
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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 in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. During that time he has served as an...
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The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that roughly 1 in 7 American children have a developmental disability—over 3 million kids nationwide. Because of that number, one would think that there would be many books prominently...
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Some of the hundreds of success stories of my students over the years… NOTE: The names of all students have been changed SHANNON– After acting part-time for seven years on the hit TV show Sesame Street, when Shannon turned thirteen...
Read More A few years ago I was wandering around inside 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...
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