by Grace Alfiero | Mar 9, 2015 | Advocacy, Illustration, News, Photography
As many of you know, I work with the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council on some Self-Advocacy projects geared toward assisting persons with Developmental and/or Intellectual Challenges the opportunity to make their voices matter. In fact, our tagline is MY...
by Grace Alfiero | Jan 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
For the last decade convincing Human Resources departments large and small to take the leap and to take a chance and hire a person with a disability was the focus of advocates far and wide…especially in Florida. While the jobs figures for employees with...
by Grace Alfiero | Dec 11, 2014 | News, Photography, Uncategorized
I am still recuperating from an amazing whirlwind experience at the FL SAND Annual Conference that took place from December 5 to December 7th at the Florida Mall Hotel and Conference Center in Orlando, Florida. This conference is fully supported by the Florida...
by Grace Alfiero | Oct 15, 2014 | Advocacy, News, Photography, Storytelling
Tricia doesn’t normally like to admit that she has a disability. She was born an able bodied individual and treated when she was a child, as an able bodied kid. It’s been daunting for Tricia to view herself as someone with a disability. She tells me that folks...
by Grace Alfiero | Aug 25, 2014 | Advocacy, News, Photography, Storytelling
It’s scary for any new parent to take their newborn baby home from the hospital, especially one’s first baby! For Tricia, Brielle infused an eye-opening journey to the unknown. She had absolutely no idea what she had gotten herself into and it’s probably a...
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