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No Rest for the Wicked: Journey to the Next Place starts June 15, 2018

Do you ever have one of those days where you receive all these signs from the universe? or angels? or ghosts? or God or whatever other-worldly spirituality you prefer? Today was a day where I received a lot of those signs. They hit me on the head. They ran in front of my car. They stabbed me in the wisdom teeth. They stared at me with young, innocent eyes. They beeped at me through a blood pressure cuff. They hummed through the song my son chose to sing to me. Each one made the same sound, “It’s time.” It’s time to be pushed off my comfort bench and back on a new path. It’s time to be on my way to my next journey. I had looked forward to resting, but there is no rest for the wicked. I will be changing the focus of my advocacy work starting June 15, 2018. I will no longer be taking individual advocacy cases. I will be moving to bigger picture advocacy to focus on training, support, research, and policy change. I will still be fighting for civil rights of people with disabilities, but my focus will be more nation-wide and moving towards a collaborative, grassroots, unified front to tear down barriers. I will continue to refer families to wonderful and capable people and resources to help them, but it will look a bit different. I’m excited to see where the next road takes me. - Lara Wakefield