MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) -- Disability advocates are gathering in Mobile this week. The annual ARC of Alabama Disability Conference is being held at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel through Wednesday. The event brings together ARC chapters from around the state and people with special needs. Organizers say they want to put the emphasis on what people with special needs can do and, in their words, “illuminate the great”

"We love to see a person with a disability not only be employed, not only be included in the community, but also living independently," said Executive Director of the Chatom Chapter of ARC Jessica Odom. An excited young man with from Tuscaloosa talked to me about his pride in his job and independence.

"My story matters because I have a job. I've worked in a cafeteria for a

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