Against the Odds | The Daily Post

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Against the Odds

An unexpected victory? A snapshot of an unlikely moment? This week, show us something that defies the odds.

The Videos speak for themselves. Go Misty!!

Misty Copeland On Changing the Face of Ballet | TIME 100 | TIME

Misty Copeland is Breaking Barriers in Ballet

Extraordinary Dancer – Misty Copeland – Principal Dancer – American Ballet Theater

Flowers & Gardens

On March 8, 2017 By dancingpalmtreesIn Flowers, Flowers and Gardens, Nature's Beauty, Spring, Springtime, Uncategorized8 Comments

Flowers and Gardens

Nature’s Beauty

Spring is on the Way!!

Spring Flowers NYC ~~ DeBorah Ann Palmer

DeBorah (Me)

Purple Flowers

Living Blooming Flowers in dead tree trunk

From death comes Life

Hot Pink Flowers

Purple Flowers

Watch “I Am Beautiful Featuring Shalom Blac | Cosmopolitan” on YouTube

On March 8, 2017 By dancingpalmtreesIn Uncategorized2 Comments

Celebrate True Beauty! Loving this Nigerian Sister! ♡ ♡ ☆ ☆

Watch “Malala Yousafzai Nobel Peace Prize Speech” on YouTube

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Notice how this outstanding young woman first gives Thanks to God! ♡ ☆

If I had a daughter I would want her to have Malala Youssfzai morals and values.

International Women’s Day

On March 8, 2017 By dancingpalmtreesIn Autism, Autism Activism, Autism Activism Advocate, International Women's Day, Stephen, Stephen as a Mighty Autism Warrior!!!, Stephen as Autism Warrior!!, Stephen Vincent Palmer, Uncategorized6 Comments

Today I am Thankful for the Women taking care of my brother Stephen at his Group Home Residence and for all the Ladies and Gentlemen who are Direct Service Providers. These poor folks are seriously underpaid. Actually they would make more working at Walmart or McDonald’s!! Because of the low pay they are leaving the field in droves! On the little money they make they cannot support themselves or their families.

Not everyone can take off for International Women’s Day. If you are on Facebook instead Please read my below posts regarding BFair2DirectCare. Support the Workers who care for developmentally and intellectually disabled children and adults. Because of the extremely low pay workers are leaving the field. What will I do on the day that there are no workers to care for Stephen? How will other family members cope?

If you live in New York please call, write or email Gov. Andrew Cuomo to add COLA increase to the Direct Care Providers paychecks. We who live in New York know how expensive it is to live here. I know I’m barely making ends meet and I make much more money than the staff who take care of my brother Stephen every day. Direct Care Workers/Direct Service Providers need a New York Living Wage!!

http://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/editorials/2017/02/17/cuomo-cant-ignore-nonprofit-workers-needs-editorial/98039354/

http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/03/mom_disabled_son_make_argument_for_paying_aides_liveable_wage_your_letters.html#incart_river_home

For those of my readers who live outside the USA now you see that America Does Not properly take care of it’s disabled population. Nor do they care for the Homeless especially the mentally ill homeless many of whom are Women. Because of my work schedule I walk the streets and ride the subways late at night and early in the morning. At 1:00 am there are women and men sleeping in cardboard boxes on the streets. Both Women and men are sleeping on the subway platforms and inside the subway cars. Because of the high rents homelessness in New York is on the rise. Same problem with Homeless Veterans but I’ll leave that for another post.