Excerpted from The Daily Helmsman online
>Submitted by DavCat
(ChooseAbility contributor)

Photo by Gerald Herbert, AP,USAtoday


Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, shakes hands
with Capitol Hill intern Jason Gallagher
as they commemorate the Disabilities Act's
15th anniversary


by Matt Stearns
KRT

Fall 2005 Back-to-School

Students prove that disabilities aren't barriers
These Capitol Hill interns can teach as well as learn


WASHINGTON - In many ways, Jason Gallagher resembles any of the swarm of summer interns on Capitol Hill, with his earnest manner, unabashed passion for public policy and new dress clothes.

But Gallagher, who will spend the summer working for U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore of Kansas, has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair full time.

The Rockhurst University junior is one of nine young persons with disabilities who are participating in a congressional internship program through the American Association of People with Disabilities, AAPD

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