Book about disability empowerment- Abe Lincoln was right! 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...
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Book about disability empowerment- Sooner to work is better for your teen 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...
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Book about disability empowerment- 5 Great Jobs for Teens With Disabilities For some reason, much of society has unreasonably low expectations of youth with disabilities along with a propensity to stereotype. In fact, there’s a prevailing...
Read More Book about disability empowerment- 5 Things Parents Can Do To Help Their Disabled Teen ONE: Get your son or daughter with challenges exposed to their community through a vocational experience when the child is 11, 12 or 13-years-old. This could...
Read More Special Stories- Special Stories of generosity In the second half of my book—my adventures working in the disabilities field—I talk about how multimillionaire celebrities I reached out to demanded tens of thousands of dollars to briefly appear at...
Read More Special Stories- Spotlight on Idaho Authors FROM THE IDAHO STATESMAN (www.idahostatesman.com) SPOTLIGHT ON IDAHO AUTHORS “Special Stories: Short Stories on Youth with Disabilities and My Adventures Working in the Disabilities Field” by Mike...
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Book about kids with disabilities- Success stories of youth with disabilities 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...
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Book about kids with disabilities- Teen with multiple disabilities shows his ABILITIES Read the below story about one teen I worked with and let me know how “disabled” you really think he is . . . A sixteen-year-old high school...
Read More 5 TIPS To Help Get Your Disabled Teen A First Job by Mike Kelly It’s not so easy to get jobs for youth with disabilities these days. Because our society had become so impersonalized, most every job seeker today is forced to go online to...
Read More Special Stories book- Spotlight on Idaho Authors FROM THE IDAHO STATESMAN (www.idahostatesman.com) SPOTLIGHT ON IDAHO AUTHORS “Special Stories: Short Stories on Youth with Disabilities and My Adventures Working in the Disabilities Field”...
Read More Special Stories book- New book shares the experiences of kids with disabilities 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...
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Special Stories book- Interview with author Mike Kelly- PART 2 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...
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