Some good stuff: a letter, a conference, a gym...
First because it's shortest:
We only have a few days, but pass this around if you are so inclined, send it or your version to the entertainers in question, et cetera. It is, as you will see, an open letter regarding The Night of Overblown Hysteria on Comedy Central. Jerod Poore of Crazymedswrote it. He says he went a little overboard, I don't, but you've all seen me rant. The link is to the postings on the Crazymeds forum and can be found Here.
SECOND: I've needed to post this for a while, but I'm nervous and posting makes it more real. Yeah, I'm a dork. We'll all survive that somehow.
OCTOBER 27th (Friday) is the Witness and Hope conference at the Lincoln Center at Fordham University in New York City. Click on the link for more information or to register. It's a free conference (even lunch!) focusing on advocacy and inclusion in the community, in worship arenas, through blogs, et cetera. It promises to be an intimate conference, aka small enough that everyone who wants to talk to a speaker can without totally rushing them like happens at the HUUUUUGE ones. I'll be talking about advocacy at this one (gee, who'd have guessed?) during the afternoon session. This is a Big Deal Conference even though it promises to be managably sized because NYC is a Big Deal City, especially Lincoln Center. I'm having these little freakouts over what to wear, what to do the day after, if I'll do OK, it's very funny. It promises to be a great conference. Click the link to get the info to RSVP and download a PDF (yep, I'm repetitive AND redundant).
And...I found a gymnastics center that isn't full of jerks. The owner was a special ed teacher before she had her kids, and she has no problem with an autistic gymnast, or an adult gymnast, or an adult autistic gymnast. EVERYONE there has been really nice to me. OK, so the younger team kids dubbed me Kassarole, but I can live with that. At least they like me, right? My team uniform has been ordered, I have a floor routine, I learned a vault in 3 lessons (this is no easy feat I may add). I may or may not have something resembling a beam routine, and bars...well....I may be doing bars with a spotter. Heh. I have, uhh, one consistant skill. Such is life. My floor is really good...I have belly dance music and the routine is tasteful & not just like everyone else's (no techno, no pirates of the carribbean, no other soundtracks...nyeh).
Yeah. There's my good/good-ish stuff post.
We only have a few days, but pass this around if you are so inclined, send it or your version to the entertainers in question, et cetera. It is, as you will see, an open letter regarding The Night of Overblown Hysteria on Comedy Central. Jerod Poore of Crazymedswrote it. He says he went a little overboard, I don't, but you've all seen me rant. The link is to the postings on the Crazymeds forum and can be found Here.
SECOND: I've needed to post this for a while, but I'm nervous and posting makes it more real. Yeah, I'm a dork. We'll all survive that somehow.
OCTOBER 27th (Friday) is the Witness and Hope conference at the Lincoln Center at Fordham University in New York City. Click on the link for more information or to register. It's a free conference (even lunch!) focusing on advocacy and inclusion in the community, in worship arenas, through blogs, et cetera. It promises to be an intimate conference, aka small enough that everyone who wants to talk to a speaker can without totally rushing them like happens at the HUUUUUGE ones. I'll be talking about advocacy at this one (gee, who'd have guessed?) during the afternoon session. This is a Big Deal Conference even though it promises to be managably sized because NYC is a Big Deal City, especially Lincoln Center. I'm having these little freakouts over what to wear, what to do the day after, if I'll do OK, it's very funny. It promises to be a great conference. Click the link to get the info to RSVP and download a PDF (yep, I'm repetitive AND redundant).
And...I found a gymnastics center that isn't full of jerks. The owner was a special ed teacher before she had her kids, and she has no problem with an autistic gymnast, or an adult gymnast, or an adult autistic gymnast. EVERYONE there has been really nice to me. OK, so the younger team kids dubbed me Kassarole, but I can live with that. At least they like me, right? My team uniform has been ordered, I have a floor routine, I learned a vault in 3 lessons (this is no easy feat I may add). I may or may not have something resembling a beam routine, and bars...well....I may be doing bars with a spotter. Heh. I have, uhh, one consistant skill. Such is life. My floor is really good...I have belly dance music and the routine is tasteful & not just like everyone else's (no techno, no pirates of the carribbean, no other soundtracks...nyeh).
Yeah. There's my good/good-ish stuff post.
posted by Kassiane at 8:12 PM
6 Comments:
I was wondering, I started a topic about this at WrongPlanet. Can I copy and paste Jerrod's letter or should I (can I ) copy and paste a link to his forum? I'm not part of his forum so I can't ask Jerrod myself. I just didn't know how else to raise awareness.
Thanks,
KimJ
Copying and pasting the letter with the link would be best. Asking on the forum wouldn't get a direct answer from Jerod anytime soon anyway *wry grin*
Thanks for helping raise this issue.
YAY!
We like good and goodish things in my world.
Kassarole!
Now go practice your floor routine...you don't want to look like a dork out there.
I'm looking forward to the conference. I'll be the one without the dog (this time).
I know what you mean about NYC. I'll be doing the 'mass transit thing' coming in from Connecticut in the morning. It will be a 45 mile drive, 80 minute train ride, two subway transfers and a 4 block walk. What could go wrong?!
Shawn
Kassarole is a cool name. Youmight want to register a trademark for it, along with Rett Devil.
Best Regards, Bill McDonald
Your advocacy looks like acting on World Wrestling Entertainment.
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