Kennedy, Michael Joseph: - Michael Kennedy has worked as a Field Assistant for the Self-Advocacy Association of New York State since 1996. He spent over twenty years living in state run institutions where he learned the importance of self-advocacy, despite some gruesome consequences. Today, he lives with his wife of over twenty years, and their two cats, in a fully accessible house which they own.

Sue Lehr is a retired teacher and disability activist who loves reading, writing, sewing and being with her family. She and Michael have been friends for more than thirty years.

Janet Duncan works at the State University of New York College at Cortland where she teaches future teachers. She met Michael while in graduate school at Syracuse University.

Sherry Foehr lives in Germany where she runs the Writing Center at the University of Heidelberg. She has known Michael since childhood.