I am an advocate for people with developmental disabilities. I have a son, Avi who has an intellectual developmental disability who I have been advocating for 27 years. I have experience as a direct support professional and para educator. I have 30 years experience in managing and ownership in retail food and beverage industry. My passion in life is to speak up for people who either can not or do not speak for themselves. I have different ideas on how we (society) treat people with intellectual developmental disabilities. I strongly believe we need to do more in changing the attitudes and awareness of people without disabilities towards people with disabilities. We try to "make" people with disabilities to fit into society as "normal" as possible. We hold people with disabilities to a higher standard then we do ourselves. I am looking for ways to express these ideas and others to civic groups and other interested parties. If anyone who is interested in these ideas and innovative and inclusive ways to make the lives of people with intellectual developmental disabilities a better life, contact me at dougwolfson@gmail.com or 402-968-6364. Make a friend today!