What do you do? We make matches between a person who is well-connected in our community and a person who has a disability who is not well-connected and is facing a tough road ahead. We make about 20 – 25 new citizen matches a year and support about 125 ongoing citizen advocacy relationships, some of which have been matched for
» Read moreApproximately 500 students joined Waddie Welcome and the Beloved Community’s authors Tom Kohler and Susan Earl publishers from Inclusion Press at the Common Read Kickoff on September 1st at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Publishers Jack Pearpoint and Lynda Kahn put together this brief video – enjoy and check out the other videos from this event on Inclusion Press’ YouTube
» Read moreThis is a really simple way to think about focusing on and creating good change for a person whose label of disability has hidden their role as a contributing local citizen. Don’t confuse simple with easy. Be prepared to work hard toward real change. Spend some time thinking about what makes for “a good life” and make as long
» Read moreI was pleased to attend and be on the faculty of the Toronto Summer Inclusion Institute this month. The Institute is sponsored by Inclusion Press, the publishers of Waddie Welcome and the Beloved Community, a Savannah story that Susan Earl and I wrote several years ago. One hundred and fifty people from the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, England, Ireland and
» Read moreWhat we do is not flashy. What we do is not “solving a community problem” unless you consider indifference to injustice in another person’s life a community problem. What we do is based on possibility, not prescription. What we do is as strong as people, and as weak as people. What we do demands and deepens character. What we do
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