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Disability Awareness Spotlight

Updated: Apr 11, 2023

๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐Š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐Š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ญ North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities (NDCPD), ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ง at Kyle Erickson Comedy, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ. ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ.


๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ.


My name is Kyle Erickson and I'm a Research Associate at the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities and I'm a "stand up" comedian on the side. When I'm not on stage performing or helping other people with disabilities, I enjoy watching pro wrestling, hanging out with my dog, and spending time with my family.


๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.


I have cerebral palsy, and I use a wheelchair to get around. I was born with it (the CP, not the wheelchair)


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ?


My advice would be to never stop fighting. You deserve to have just as much of a fulfilling life as anyone. You just might have to work harder at it, but it's so worth it! Reach out if you need help.


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