Hello everyone here at copingwithdisability.com as many of you know along with this site I also created  a social networking community for the discussion of disability issues at http://www.disabilityresourceexchange.com/ . disabilityresourceexchange.com just recently went over 1000 members. I would like to say thank you to everyone who has joined the community and/or spread the word about it.

Also some of you may have heard that the platform this site was built on called Ning which let people build social networks for free is changing its business model eliminating the free portion of their service and promising to provide a better all-around service to network creators who are paying customers. For anyone who might be wondering whether disabilityresourceexchange.com will be changing or shutting down the answers no. I'm already paying Ning for premium services for use with the disabilityresourceexchange.com So the community is not going anywhere I put a whole lot of hard work and time into building this community together with the members and it is my strong belief that the community as a whole  can play an important role in raising disability awareness over time as well as providing support an information for everyone involved.

I'm doing everything I can to use as many resources social media and otherwise to increase understanding and raise awareness about disability issues. Thanks to everyone for their support in these efforts

You can also join the community's fan page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/disabilityresourceexchange just press the "like button" near the top of the Facebook fan page to join.

Or just click the "like" button on the fan page box below

And please continue to spread the word about the http://www.disabilityresourceexchange.com/ to anyone who you feel might have an interest in disability issues

and/or

If you would like to support the production maintenance and growth of this community you can make a financial contribution by clicking on the PayPal button on this page: http://www.disabilityresourceexchange.com/page/donate-1

any contributions financial or by spreading the word about this community would be very much appreciated

I hope everyone is doing well.
Thanks again everyone

Sincerely
Rudy Sims

Founder of http://www.disabilityresourceexchange.com/

And

Http://www.copingwithdisability.com/

Written on August 4, 2009 at 11:28am

Hello everyone I hope your week is going well so far. Just wanted to give you a short update on the disabilityresourceexchange.com community's progress. We just hit 450 members this morning. We have gone from 400 members to now 450 members in a short period of time. Thanks to everyone who has joined recently and thanks for all the great posts and comments as well.

Last month's stats

We had our best month ever in terms of traffic.

We had
8,721 visitors to the site and 20,039 page views on the site for the month of July. I think that this is great progress and I am very grateful to all of the members for all of your participation. I will be continuing to work very hard to make this community useful, informative and a very supportive place. Please keep spreading the word about this site. Thanks again!

Sincerely
Rudy Sims

I created and manage a social network for discussion of disability issues. The website address is: http://www.disabilityresourceexchange.com

About the disability resource exchange
Disability resource exchange is a place to discuss disability issues and exchange resources ideas and support. whether you have a disability/health issue or are just interested in disability issues you are welcome to join this social network.

The disability resource exchange mission
- to bring together all those interested in disability issues both people with and without disabilities
- to bring together people and organizations within the disability community and to foster a spirit of cooperation
- To be a place with a supportive atmosphere where we can all learn from each other

Again anyone interested in disability issues is welcome to join. I hope to see you there

http://www.disabilityresourceexchange.com