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The following is a letter to Pacific Business News detailing my support of one of this chamber's directors for the prestigious 2013 Business Leadership Hawaii – Best in Small Business (up to 40 full time employees) Award. The letter reveals leadership virtues that are often mistaken as skills by the untrained eye.

Star NASCAR Engineer At Hendrick Motorsports Doesn't Have Arms

The Huffington Post By Ryan Grenoble 07/23/2013 Parker says, "I don't know there's a lot in life ... that I'd say I can't do. Just things I haven't done yet." The fact that Richie Parker can ride a bike doesn't sound impressive -- until you see him do it. Same goes for the car repairs he makes using power tools.

Service Dog - Ricochet

RICOCHET  [rik-uh-shey] To move in a different direction.  Change direction. The motion of rebounding or deflecting.  I'm a dog who stayed true to herself despite the expectations of others. I stayed true to myself despite being sensitive, and not standing up for myself when bullied by other dogs. Mom wanted me to be a service dog, but I wanted something very different! She wanted me to make a difference in one person's life, but I wanted to make a difference in millions of people's lives! When mom let go of who SHE wanted me to be, and just let me be... I completely flourished.

DisabilityScoop by Michelle Diament Obama administration has a new liason for the disability community. Claudia Gordon replaces Kareem Dale who was the first-ever special assistant to the president for disability policy. Dale, who was hired early in President Barack Obama’s first term, left the post earlier this year.

Stefania Rousselle Vedène, France.
GRENOBLE, France - “Sexual assistance is about allowing a disabled person who can’t access sexuality in a satisfying way to reconnect with the body,” said Pascale Ribes, who in 2011 founded the Disabilities and Sexualities Group, an association defending sexual surrogates in France.
“Prostitution is a fake debate; the goals are different,” Ms. Ribes said.

Getting dressed shouldn't be a stressful task – living with a disability is hard enough. The concept for MagnaReady™ came about when my husband was diagnosed at an early age with Parkinsons disease.