The Easter Seals Web site is DA BOMB!
by Maurice
As Easter Seals’ 2007 Adult Representative, Maurice Snell shares his story with others about living with autism. Maurice also is a classroom aide and mentor at Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago (IL), his former school. Watch Maurice’s movie to learn how Easter Seals helped to change his life. This is Maurice’s first post about his recent travels for Easter Seals.
The Easter Seals website is DA BOMB! I liked what I saw and hope many people (families of autistic individuals) will get involved in the future.
I would like to add a “little” something to the Easter Seals blog.
Work at Easter Seals is going very well for me. I deal with the same duties as I have for the past six months, that is administrative assistant duties (answering phone calls, handling paperwork and doing personal errands for staff). But I still get to greet staff, students, and vistors with my great smile, so I still like my job.
Speaking of Easter Seals, I am the National Adult Representative for this year. I stay in Chicago and in the Illinois area for the most part, but traveled to Springfield earlier in March and visited many places in this historic city as the state capital. I visited many places such as the Abraham Lincoln Museum and the state capital and met many wonderful people there. So far, Springfield is a great place for me, besides my excursions in Las Vegas and Puerto Rico.
Which brings me to this: last week, I traveled to Dallas, Texas to continue doing what I’m doing, that is share my story to many people who are interested of learning more about the Easter Seals organization. I was on one of the news stations in Dallas telling about my personal experience with my disability, and that I’m an intelligent and caring person. I’ll let you have a copy of the newscast if possible, but for now, I’m focusing on changing lives for many people in this nation. That is my mission as long as I’m representing Easter Seals.
April 13th, 2007 at 11:15 am
I don’t even know where to begin. My little brother has Autism, and I never imagined that the things you accomplished were even possible! THanks for giving me hope for his future. =]
April 11th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Maurice, I read the article here and in “Austism Advocate” about you. Congratulations on all your accomplishments!! You have truly beaten the odds and have shown that adults with autism can lead a wonderful, productive life. My almost 18 year old son also has autism. Like you, he has overcome many obstacles. You should be very proud!