(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, November 14, 2025) Accessible versus Functional Recently a disabled friend shared a video on Instagram with me. The video was of a young woman in a manual wheelchair cooking in her kitchen and her points were about accessibility versus usability. This has been my message for decades but maybe with too many words at times. Far too often places, spaces, and people claim to be accessible or wheelchair friendly. They use words like “being

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, October 31, 2025) Happy National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Happy Halloween! Happy belated Invisible Disability Awareness Week! Happy belated Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day! I am sure I missed a few. It is sad that in the year 2025 we still have to have awareness days, weeks, and months. Don’t get me wrong, I learn a lot when these special times roll around thanks to the tireless work of many people to create promotion camp

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, October 17, 2025) October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month or NDEAM. Finding accurate data about the different percentages of people with disabilities who are employed is tricky. After some general research I found that there are many different systems with many different data collection methods and many of them do not include the diversity of the population or are not accommodated so people with disabilities can accur

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, October 3, 2025) Happy National Disability Employment Awareness Month! October 2025 is the eightieth anniversary of NDEAM and its theme is Celebrating Value and Talent. NDEAM increases awareness and celebrates the achievements of disabled workers of the past and present and their impact on their workplaces and the economy. NDEAM has been organized since 2001 when the US Office of Labor created the Office of Disability Employment Policy

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, September 19, 2025) I have been a part of the Shannon Leadership Institute cohort for the past...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, September 5, 2025) “Pay Attention Please” is a youth fiction novel written by Jamie Sumner which...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, August 22, 2025) My definition of a care network is a group of family, friends, healthcare...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, August 8, 2025) Happy August! Where has the summer gone? Even though Disability Pride Month is...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, July 25, 2025 - guest author, Jaime Head) Hello there and thank you for having me in this week’s...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, July 17, 2025) As we continue to roll through Disability Pride Month 2025, I am constantly...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, July 11, 2025) Community: Noun a group of people living in the same place or having a particular...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, July 4, 2025) Happy Disability Pride Month 2025! July 26th, 2025 marks the 35th anniversary of...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, June 27, 2025) Asking for help is hard. Risking being rejected is the first landmine while...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, May 23, 2025) Devastation- noun. 1. great destruction or damage. 2. severe and overwhelming...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, May 9, 2025) Everyone Can Bird! Is a local event series that is hosted by Duluth Parks &...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, April 25, 2025) They say that April Showers bring May Flowers. I hope this is true this spring....

(Local View form 4'2, Lake County Press, April 11, 2025) As I begin my next trip around the sun there are some hopes and dreams I have...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, March 28, 2025) Exploring our own backyard. Recently I finally had free time, good weather, and...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, March 14, 2025) Happy Pi Day Friday! Pi is the symbol to show the ratio of a circle's...

(Local View from 4'2, Lake County Press, February 28, 2025) “Instead of asking, “Have I worked hard enough to deserve to rest?’, I’ve...