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Editor: Dave Reynolds photo of Dave Reynolds, August 2004

"I'm a disability rights advocate and a journalist. How convenient is that?" asks Inclusion Daily Express editor, Dave Reynolds.

"I've been lucky and I've been blessed. I'm lucky because I was born into a real home with a real family, and because I've had just a few barriers to keep me from going where I knew I needed to go.

"I'm been blessed with extraordinary people -- mentors, coworkers, friends, family, people I have served -- who came along at exactly the right moment to give me support in my struggles or to teach me something I needed to learn, whether I knew it at the time or not. It's the people I have had the priviledge to serve and serve alongside that have taught me the most about dignity, truth, injustice, and the sheer power of the human spirit."

It's been said that you know you're "on the right track" when you believe everything you did in the past merely prepared you for your next step. Informing, teaching and serving others has been the focus of Mr. Reynolds' life work.

"I want to know what's happening in this important movement, mostly from the point-of-view of people who are making changes and those who are affected by those changes."

For more background, read The Inclusion Daily Express Story.

Direct service and management of services for people with disabilities:
Staff member for People First of Washington, Spokane, WA (3 yrs)
Employment services manager for adults with disabilities in Salem, OR; Spokane, WA; Davenport, WA (11 yrs)
Community access day program manager, Davenport, WA (6 yrs)
Residential services program manager, Post Falls, ID; Salem, OR (1 yr)
Para-professional for elementary, junior high and high school special education program, Spangle,WA (3 yrs)
Bachelor in Arts in Human Resources Management, George Fox University, Newberg, OR
Associate in Arts in Mass Communication, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA

Training/consulting:
Certified Intermediate Level trainer in The Mandt System 1993-1999
Regional trainer on positive behavior supports, Spokane, WA
Consultant on self-determination, self-advocacy

Writing:
Editor/writer for Inclusion Daily Express (Since 1999)
Editor of "Putting People First", Basic and Intermediate Trainer and Student Manuals for The Mandt System (1997)
Writer, producer, director for local TV and radio stations, Spokane, WA (5 yrs)
Photograph researcher/caption writer for "A View of the Falls", illustrated history book on Spokane, WA area
Associate of Arts in Mass Communication, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA
Feature editor of high school newspaper, Spangle,WA (3 yrs)

Other items written by Dave Reynolds
Ramping the Web Computor Companion
The Death Penalty and Mental Retardation in the United States TheArcLink.org
Court to Decide on Discriminatory ‘Sodomy’ Law The NewStandard
Disabled Man Dies In D.C. Jail; Family Says Judge to Blame The NewStandard
Media still leaves voices out Ragged Edge Magazine
The eugenics apologies Ragged Edge Magazine

Contact Dave Reynolds at Dave@InclusionDaily.com

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