LIVING THE REVOLUTION OF EMPOWERMENT

Every now and then I look back at my time in the disability movement--I was 16--I was in an unused airplane hanger--and a vet listening to an "expert" tell some people with disabilities what should be in the regs for Section 504--stood up and said Bull shi#!! 

That was a week or two ago. 

Now I look at the words of Justin Dart and I think we are doing things but can still be guided by what was said-- so I put these words in the blog today.

I propose that we of the disability community lead the revolution of empowerment...[this] is not empty rhetoric. There is a distinct and vital difference between society/government that empowers people, and a society/government that provides for them and regulates them for their own good...empowerment is when government joins with business, labor, religion, and individual citizens to guarantee every person the tool to govern, to produce and [to] live the best life possible for self and for all...we [PWDs] have unique knowledge and experience to offer. We have the responsibility to lead. Justin Dart Mainstream Magazine 1998

We must keep leading the revolution of empowerment!! Lead ON.