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"My last job was only temporary. I wanted to find other employment. It was just overwhelming. And I didn’t have my weekends off. Here at Everything But The House, the job level is just perfect for me. I load trucks and have them sent out. It’s different. It’s a fast paced environment which is really cool."

- Adam, pictured center 

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"I’ve been coming to the Pub for trivia nights and Communty Council meetings for a while. So it's alright. Everyone’s family here. There are good people. It’s good for right now"

- Joe, on landing his new job at the Pub

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51 People

The other day, this article on the Huffington Post went viral, at least within my circle of friends.  Candice wrote about it as well here.  There were lots of mothers, especially, imploring people to read it.  And one friend sent it out along with the insightful and challenging question “What are you going to do about changing this reality?”

I thought it was a great question, as it acknowledged the reality of the fact that people with disabilities don’t have many friends, and then threw down that beautifully simple and sadly pathetic gauntlet:  What will you do about it?

I immediately thought of a tool that we’ve adopted to tell this story, the “51 People” research and graph (click this link for a full size version):