For Special Abilities Awareness Week, Brett Eastburn and his wife, Chrisa, were invited to speak at Dominion. Through his presentation, Brett Eastburn explained the obstacles he faced and how he challenged them growing up with no arms or legs.

Q: How long have you been speaking?

A: B. Eastburn: 23 years.

Q: What prompted you to start speaking?

A: B. Eastburn: I knew that people used my situation—being born this way and having such a good          attitude—as inspiration.

Q: Do you speak only at schools? If not, where else have you spoken?

A: B. Eastburn: I’ve talked from kindergarteners to senior citizens, schools, military, police groups, Boy scouts, Girl Scouts, and organizations. Then I do clubs for comedy.

C. Eastburn: He’s spoken to any group over two people who want to hire Brett: churches, and any     group that has a label.

Q: What brought you to Dominion?

A: C. Eastburn: That would be Sheila Traenkle. A parent got ahold of us.

Q: What are your goals through your presentation?

A: B. Eastburn: The main goal is to get everyone in the room to realize their own potential and to realize               that they’re putting and allowing handicaps/disabilities in their life.

C. Eastburn: And [allowing handicaps] on other people.

Q: How have you met these goals in the past through your other presentations?

A: C. Eastburn: People have come up to us 15-20 years later and said the reason why I went to college   was because of you. The reason why I decided to do a sport was because of your speech. The             reason why I decided to try this goal was because of your speech. Absolutely, there has been      proof that it’s been successful.

B. Eastburn: Even my comedy: I wrote it just to be funny. My first show, somebody came up to me    and said thanks for inspiring me

Q: What is your best advice for anyone facing a challenge?

A: B. Eastburn: Keep tackling your obstacle from different angles and the moment you give up, that’s    when it’s over because you are no longer going to try.