Dear Friends,
Oh my goodness, I am exhausted and overjoyed and full of new amazing memories! What an unforgettable experience at #Motormorphosis2025! Wow. I love this community. And I feel so loved.
I don’t know how to write a post that can capture the essence of this weekend. But I will say that having my mom join for the first time made it all even more special. And there were so many very special moments, on top of the usual magic of seeing friends in a nonspeaker-inclusive space.
The most meaningful was being awarded the Landen Bosak Advocacy Award. This is in memory of Landen, a bright young speller who was taken from this life too soon. I am so honored to have been nominated and selected. There are now so many fierce speller advocates out there, so I know just selecting one was not an easy task. I am so humbled and will strive to deserve this honor more and more. I am so grateful that I could meet Landen’s mother and his S2C practitioner. Thank you to the Spellers and Allies Advocacy Network for selecting me. It meant so much to have my friends and fellow advocates Tyler Mason and Divyesh Jain present the award to me. Landen, thank you for the beautiful legacy you have left.
The other meaningful event at the conference was presenting on a group presentation and a panel. I love presenting! It is amazing to have a room of people hanging onto my words. To have gone from not being able to share my words to presenting to an audience is particularly powerful in in-person settings. Much appreciation to my fellow group presenters and panelists. It is so cool to present with other spellers!
I also celebrated my 40th birthday a little early with a nice dinner out with some close friends I’ve met through my leadership and advocacy with I-ASC. And there were some other lovely meals out with friends.
I am also confessing I snuck into the practitioners’ conference to watch Tara’s presentation. It was fantastic! I was so proud. I had never seen her present professionally except for her PhD defense. She is so good at it.
I am so on a cloud of happy feelings. Thank you to all who came up to say hi. It means so much to meet you. I wish I had more time and energy to catch up with all my friends old and new. It is so special to come together to create something so magical. Thanks to the hard-working team at I-ASC for putting this event together!
Much love,
Your Friend,
Danny
Danny With Words 
Congratulations on the award! Thanks for sharing the joy of the conference with us 🎊
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