Welcome to Our Team Erin!

Our Coded Generations Team is partnering with Erin Thompson, an amazing young lady with Down syndrome who has successfully graduated the George Mason University-Mason LIFE program this year! A very hard working and reliable individual, Erin aspires to become a successful journalist and some day, own her own magazine. Coded Generations Team is committed to offer Erin the opportunity to learn how to become a Blogger while sharing with our viewers her experience as a job seeker with disability and hopefully an employee at the beginning of a long term career.

We are very exited to work with Erin as she became an incredible advocate for individuals with disabilities. She likes to “tell people not to be afraid to stand up for their rights”! (http://www.abletochoose.org/featured_story/view/17). In her speech at the graduation ceremony she encouraged Mason LIFE’s students to remember that they do “have a voice that can make a change in the future”.  She continued… “just because you have a disability doesn’t mean you can’t speak for yourself, even if people don’t agree with you. I know we all have the right to be equal with everyone and we should all remember that!  Work very hard—I know you all do—and you can do great things” (Erin Thompson, May 2010).

With this attitude we are confident that Erin is a great addition to our team and look forward to her writings on our blog. Welcome Erin!