When I learned of the opportunity to go to Washington DC to participate in the 2018 Disability Policy Seminar, I recognized that it would be a good opportunity to learn about policies, and how to advocate for change, something I had little experience with.
About 3 years ago, I was reading an article posted on The Mighty’s website about a letter written from a mother to her daughter. The mother had a son with disabilities, and a typically developing daughter, and she wrote to the daughter about how she saw what good care the girl took of her brother. Having a brother with intellectual and developmentally disabilities myself, I really connected with the letter.
