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I have a very dear friend, Edward "Eddie" Barbanell, who serves on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics International (SOI).  He is also appointed as the Special Advisor to Tim Shriver, their CEO.  I am honored to help Eddie with this great organization as we launch a brand new campaign called "The Dignity Revolution"!

The Dignity Revolution is an effort to increase awareness of people who may "appear" to be different.  We want to help break down barriers and stereo types.  Our motto is "Accept people for who they are, not what they are!"

Before volunteering at the Special Olympics World Winter Games here in Boise, Idaho; I had watched a movie called "The Ringer" several times with my kids.  It is a funny movie in which Eddie stars as Johnny Knoxville's roommate.  The movie teaches people to laugh with people, not at them!  I didn't know at the time that Special Olympics actually endorsed the movie!  The staff at SOI actual are the ones that introduced me to Eddie and it has been my priveldge to continue working with him and call him my friend.  Even though has Downs Syndrome, he makes me think and do more soul searching than most of my peers.  He sees things with such a simple truth, that it makes me wonder if maybe I am the one with the "Intelectual Disability".

It is amazing how far the human civilization has progressed in the past 200 years alone.  In a single word, John Lennon said it perfectly:  "Imagine".  Imagine...

• the days when buying and selling "slaves" was common place in parts of the United States;
• women not having the right to vote;
• Rosa Parks not being allowed on the bus;
• Japanese internment camps in the United States;
• President Obama would sign "Rosa's Law" effectively replacing the word "retarded" with other terms like "intelectual disabilities";
• Leper colonies still exist in parts of the world;

I have a very dear friend, Edward "Eddie" Barbanell, who serves on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics International (SOI).  He is also appointed as the Special Advisor to Tim Shriver, their CEO.  I am honored to help Eddie with this great organization as we launch a brand new campaign called "The Dignity Revolution"!

The Dignity Revolution is an effort to increase awareness of people who may "appear" to be different.  We want to help break down barriers and stereo types.  Our motto is "Accept people for who they are, not what they are!"

Before volunteering at the Special Olympics World Winter Games here in Boise, Idaho; I had watched a movie called "The Ringer" several times with my kids.  It is a funny movie in which Eddie stars as Johnny Knoxville's roommate.  The movie teaches people to laugh with people, not at them!  I didn't know at the time that Special Olympics actually endorsed the movie!  The staff at SOI actual are the ones that introduced me to Eddie and it has been my priveldge to continue working with him and call him my friend.  Even though has Downs Syndrome, he makes me think and do more soul searching than most of my peers.  He sees things with such a simple truth, that it makes me wonder if maybe I am the one with the "Intelectual Disability".

It is amazing how far the human civilization has progressed in the past 200 years alone.  In a single word, John Lennon said it perfectly:  "Imagine".  Imagine...

• the days when buying and selling "slaves" was common place in parts of the United States;
• women not having the right to vote;
• Rosa Parks not being allowed on the bus;
• Japanese internment camps in the United States;
• President Obama would sign "Rosa's Law" effectively replacing the word "retarded" with other terms like "intelectual disabilities";
• Leper colonies still exist in parts of the world;

I have a very dear friend, Edward "Eddie" Barbanell, who serves on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics International (SOI).  He is also appointed as the Special Advisor to Tim Shriver, their CEO.  I am honored to help Eddie with this great organization as we launch a brand new campaign called "The Dignity Revolution"!

The Dignity Revolution is an effort to increase awareness of people who may "appear" to be different.  We want to help break down barriers and stereo types.  Our motto is "Accept people for who they are, not what they are!"

Before volunteering at the Special Olympics World Winter Games here in Boise, Idaho; I had watched a movie called "The Ringer" several times with my kids.  It is a funny movie in which Eddie stars as Johnny Knoxville's roommate.  The movie teaches people to laugh with people, not at them!  I didn't know at the time that Special Olympics actually endorsed the movie!  The staff at SOI actual are the ones that introduced me to Eddie and it has been my priveldge to continue working with him and call him my friend.  Even though has Downs Syndrome, he makes me think and do more soul searching than most of my peers.  He sees things with such a simple truth, that it makes me wonder if maybe I am the one with the "Intelectual Disability".

It is amazing how far the human civilization has progressed in the past 200 years alone.  In a single word, John Lennon said it perfectly:  "Imagine".  Imagine...

• the days when buying and selling "slaves" was common place in parts of the United States;
• women not having the right to vote;
• Rosa Parks not being allowed on the bus;
• Japanese internment camps in the United States;
• President Obama would sign "Rosa's Law" effectively replacing the word "retarded" with other terms like "intelectual disabilities";
• Leper colonies still exist in parts of the world;