"The Bridge" Supporting People with Disabilities to Enforce their Civil Rights "THE MONTANA ADVOCACY PROGRAM"

It’s not often a person can
say with confidence that they
have witnessed a miracle.
And if they do, they run the
risk of others questioning
their judgment.

Well here
goes.

You can question my
judgment ‐‐ but I was there.
On July 19, 2007, at the
Montana Youth Leadership
Forum (MYLF) Sponsors’
Banquet at Carroll College,
Luca Patuelli, a.k.a. Lazylegz,
held out his hand to a young
man as an invitation to join
him in a breakdance. The
crowd held their breath as
the young man, who uses a
wheelchair and otherwise
does not walk, got out of his chair. In a matter of a minute,
the two men were on the floor
together breakdancing.

The room was electric and
the world was lifted in those
moments, not only for the
dancers but for every person
who was there. Was it a
miracle? Maybe.

by Bernadette Franks-Ongoy, Executive Director

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