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Happy 250th Anniversary USA from Ann Arbor, Michigan 🎆 🇺🇸 💖

(Had to stop by for a customary carillon visit and pay my respects 🫡)
The United States is the birthplace of and I am so proud to be an American and proud of all of us for making it to 250! 😊🇺🇸❤️💙🤍

What does America represent?





democracy

These are the ideals I learned as a boy, and ones I hold dear to my heart.

I think we all know the US has a long way to come, when it comes to upholding and defending those ideals.

That’s why I don’t say I’m “fighting” or use such antagonistic terms anymore. Because I believe in “healing” more than anything 🫂 🌏

America has a long road ahead of us, and I fear we may not make it to 300, unless we can find deeper unity, through local, community connections, as well as national and international exchanges of ideas.

That’s why I work as a speech pathologist and app developer to create new tools for people to use to do precisely that! 😄 It’s through communication, listening with open mindedness, and responding with candor and care, that we can learn to heal.

We have to first believe it’s possible 😎 I won’t be giving up on those anytime soon.

But for tonight, we can celebrate America’s ideals and keep healing for what we believe in 😊 🇺🇸

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🎉

Progress takes time and consistency. This is something known by both the disability and q***r communities.

As Pride Month comes to a close, our work toward progress and advocacy is far from over, but, for today, let’s celebrate what our communities have fought for:

✨ The right to communicate however we need to; no judgment, no gatekeeping, we’re here

🗣️ Accessibility isn’t a luxury, it’s literally how we get to exist and thrive 😌

💪 Demanding that tech companies actually include disabled people in design (turns out we know what we need!)😝

🎭 Spaces where you can be your whole authentic self: q***r, disabled, neurodivergent, or just uniquely you☺️

📱 Breaking down barriers so AAC users have voices that sound like us, not some robot from 1987 (and I’m from 1987 so I can say that lol 🤖)

🌈 Recognizing that disability justice and q***r liberation are absolutely intertwined✨

💬 The audacity to demand our stories, our language, our joy be centered… not just our struggles 🙌 🏳️‍🌈

Pride is about celebrating love but also it’s about celebrating all of us. A beautiful fabric of identities: disabled, fabulous, and unapologetically us. 🏳️‍🌈 ⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️

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