“I write not because I have the strength to write, but because I do not have the strength to remain silent.” — Rav Avraham Yitzchok Kook zt’l
I’m a 29 year-old disability rights and long-term care reform advocate, writer, seeker, helpmate, and just a guy now trying to explore the Big City.
I grew up in and around the Spring Hill College campus in Mobile, Alabama, where I studied from Fall 1998 when I entered at age 16, until 2005. I made a major impact with my two-year campaign to change Medicaid in Alabama, dubbed “Nick’s Crusade.”
For more about me, see my Wikipedia user profile.
Since August 28, 2008, I’ve lived in New York City with my partner – first in a city rehabilitation hospital (for 378 days), and later, at home in our community.
I am looking to attain success and happiness, to complete my college degree, and to find work helping others.
Where will I end up? Who will I meet? What will I learn and what new conclusions will I draw? Stay tuned to my blog to find out. 
Nick Dupree, Spring 2011
Begin with the blog’s introduction: Rising From The Ashes
