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Bill Hurley
President of Leadership Through Advocacy
Al's presentation evaluation was (23) Excellent, (12) Good, (0) Fair, (0) Poor
Al had the highest amount of excellent out of all the speakers.Mary Crimmins President of Self-Advocacy Network
Western MA Training Consortium Self Advocacy NetworkYou were insightful, wise and funny. Our students were very impressed.
Graduating class of 2006.
St. George Parish SchoolAlthough many of the employees in attendance are health-care providers, and daily work with disabled veteran patients; they expressed a new appreciation of their patients’ experiences, frustrations and triumphs.
Department of Veteran Affairs
Puget Sound Health Care System
Category Archives: Spirituality
Attitude of Gratitude
“You’ll never be able to walk or talk understandably again.” When Harborview Hospital’s chief neurosurgeon told me the unacceptable truth I’d insisted on hearing, it was like he pounded nails into my Attitude coffin. Continue reading
Power of Acceptance
Suicide seems like the ultimate way of not accepting something. Like Bill Maher said on Politically Incorrect, “Suicide is man’s way of telling God, you can’t fire me. ……. I quit!” Continue reading
Live Well By Speaking Well
Used correctly our words have the power to create opportunities and possibilities, but used incorrectly, our words have the power to disable opportunities and possibilities. Continue reading
Speaking on Gratitude
Choosing to focus on our blessings, with thanksgiving, builds on itself and snowballs until we almost don’t even notice the assorted crashes life sends our way. Continue reading
Speaking on Courage
Bravery is worthwhile and meaningful when it is not so much a willingness to die manfully but a determination to live anyway. Continue reading



