From the very start of my disability advocacy work, my main desire has been to get our surrounding culture and belief systems up to date on what disability really is and what it actually means in someone's life.

It's been clear to me from the very start, following my spinal cord injury in 1973, that the world just doesn't get it. People don't know how it works. People believe successful adaption to disability is rare and heroic. They think people with disabilities universally want exceptions and favors.

It's getting better. More and more individuals have got it straight. But there is a long, long way to go.

That's where I come in.

My talks and trainings lay the groundwork for all other possible efforts in disability policy, disability management, employment and disability, success in rehab, and on and on and on.

Eddie Snow of the Oakland Rotary got the point:


How I can support your efforts? Call me at 415.491.4280 pacific time, or email me and let's talk about your goals and how I can help support them.

Just turn the tap, and it's always there. We've grown up thinking of water as an inexhaustible supply (doesn't it just fall out of the sky for us??!).

Two problems: it is apparently quite exhaustible; and most humans on the earth don't have enough of it.



Pretty serious stuff. We could easily find ourselves fighting wars over simple H2O (the "Universal Solvent" as biologists call it).

Less than three tenths of one percent of the earth's water is suitable for drinking. Many countries are already struggling to get enough, and in the U.S. water is getting to be a major source of competition between municipalities, states, and farms for limited resources. Water from The Great Lakes, The Colorado River, and the Sierras of the Northwest are coveted by more people than they can supply.

Here in Northern California, despite heavy rains this winter, reservoirs are at 60% of normal capacity.

We have some control. We can manage our use better (don't keep the tap running while you brush your teeth, scrub a pot, or wash your hair!), and we can contribute to causes that help people in developing countries get better access to clean water.

Matt Robertson, a high school student in Marin County, CA visited Africa, and put together a stunning video that tells the story as well as anyone could. Take a look!!

Then learn more at www.worldwaterwars.com.*

* I'm not endorsing the Nestle boycott one way or the other. That's up to you.