In the past I have told you how community college job-skills training programs have helped people build entirely new careers after a layoff. I have written of Boeing engineers who retooled their skills at Bellevue College then found new employment in health care at even higher salaries than before, and the single father who, by learning information technology skills with us, was able to move his family off welfare and build a future of promise.
In this season of caring and hope, I would like to share the moving story of two young men whose futures, far more than most of ours, depends on inner strength and a positive outlook.
One copes with the challenges of cerebral palsy. He spends most of his day in a wheelchair, and his verbal communication is hindered by the muscular issues that come with this disease.
