Join the Speaking Advocates this month to share the definitive moments that provided you the opportunity to grow into the person you are now. What circumstances or knowledge compelled you to evolve? What insights did you glean from these spurts of growth? And how do these moments continue to shape who you are, and who you want to be?
This month we invite you to speak about the moments where shedding the past became your only way forward, where casting the weight of the outgrown lightened your load just enough to carry on. What are the things you had to shake off, however haltingly? What new opportunities emerged in their place?
Our Opening Minds, Opening Doors Speaking Advocates group is free and meets the last Saturday of every month from 1-3 PM in Room 161 of the AGE of Central Texas Building. We welcome adults with disabilities who are interested in presenting stories and meeting other speakers.
As we approach the New Year, let’s take a moment to vent and get a few things off our chest. Maybe in doing so we can start fresh in 2020.
This month's Speaking Advocates theme is "What Inspires Us". The experiences of people with disabilities are frequently distorted as inspiration for non-disabled people. The term "inspiration porn," coined […]
Saturday, February 29, 2020 @ 1pm Room 161 Love You - Help You. February is the month of love and relationships. Any relationship is a complicated balance of […]
We have canceled this event. Please click here for more information. Our Opening Minds, Opening Doors Speaking Advocates group is free and meets the last Saturday of every […]
The theme for this month's Speaking Advocates meeting is “The film I would like to see would be…” What would you like to see in a movie? Do […]
The theme for this month's Speaking Advocates meeting is “Monday, Tuesday, Happy Days!”—Celebrating things that are coming into full bloom in our lives. Our Virtual Speaking Advocates Group […]
Race and Disability Meeting Topic: Does your ethnic/racial background impact your experience of living with a disability? I look forward to hearing you voices on this very important […]
The October topic is Scary Stories: Trick or Treat? Do you have a story related to your disability that was frightening, but now you can see the funny […]
2021 New Speaking Advocate Training Program. Now you can invite friends from all over Texas These classes are an updated online version of our Opening Minds, Opening Doors […]