For the Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (MNCCD), 2020 was a year full of the unexpected, with many new challenges and triumphs. The consortium is looking toward 2021 but…
Category: Commentary
Despite pandemic, direct support professionals continue to persevere
In the midst of the virus-centered environment which we all call home, I wanted to mention a bright spot that sometimes goes unnoticed in our communities. I’m referring to people…
Celebrating Direct Support Professionals
Caring, choice and compassion are just a few of the positive words we at MRCI prefer to use that start with “C” instead of Covid-19 or Coronavirus. A few other…
Tim's Desk - September 2020
I’m writing this month’s column on what ordinarily would be the first day of the Minnesota State Fair, but it has been suspended in the year of COVID-19. The days…
Fifty years ago this summer, he began his life-changing journey
It happened as if it were yesterday. August 19, 1970, a Wednesday. I was 18 years old fresh out of high school when I borrowed a co-worker’s motorcycle. The motorcycle…
Despite many accomplishments, ADA’s promise isn’t fulfilled
I would like to share my thoughts on the Americans With Disabilities Act. Former President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law on July…