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Inclusion Campaign: Meet Turner

Turner

Turner brings joy to everyone he meets. He loves to laugh, be hugged and do high fives. He likes school, and he likes to party! Turner lives with a rare genetic condition, KIF1A Associated Neurological Disorder (KAND).  He uses a wheelchair, has developmental delays and has only a few words that he is able to speak.  Yet Turner understands everything. He is delighted to be included in conversation and play.

Read Turner’s story, presented by Aspen Thrift Shop, here.

Local nonprofit Valley Life for All is working to build inclusive communities where people of all abilities belong and contribute. Request a training or join the conversation at www.valleylifeforall.org or #voicability4all.

Raleigh Burleigh was raised in the historic floodplanes of Satank. The Carbondale Rotary Club sponsored him as a youth ambassador to Chile the year before his graduation from Roaring Fork High School. He studied International Affairs and Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder then applied those studies traveling throughout South America the following year. Returning to Carbondale thereafter, Raleigh acquired an internship with KDNK News which led to the opportunity to serve as News Director from 2017 to 2019. After another trip to South America in early 2019, Raleigh Burleigh drew deeper into the confluence as Program Director at KDNK. Raleigh now serves on KDNK's board of directors and as editor of Carbondale's weekly newspaper, The Sopris Sun.