…ress release urging the Committee to add disability representation, specifically Kelly Buckland of the National Council on Independent Living, to its membership. Disability representation was not added. (It should be noted that the National Council on Disability’s Fernando Torres-Gil is a member of the Committee, but his background and expertise is in aging rather than disability.) At the Committee’s second of five meetings, held in the Bay Area i…

…r, but I won’t be talking – much – about NDY stuff, except how my neurological issues affect my work – in mostly positive ways. To my fellow disability activists – I solemnly swear not to get all inspiration and avoid the use of the word “overcoming” at all costs. In addition to the above, Diane and I were both attending to family issues – one of those inevitable serious health crises. Fortunately, while things were serious, things seem to be goin…