Roberta Louise Gallant is a former resident of the Laconia State School and Training. Roberta Gallant was born, on May 4, 1951, in Berlin, New Hampshire, and raised at Laconia State School. Roberta lives and votes in Concord, New Hampshire. She loves working at computers, emailing her friends, and sending people instant messages. She also likes attending self-advocacy group meetings, and national -- and -- international self-advocacy conferences. She enjoys testifying at the statehouse or the Legislative Office Building.

Currently, Roberta Gallant is unemployed but keeps herself very busy at her personal computer. When the weather is good, Roberta goes outside for walks and window shops in downtown Concord.

Roberta Gallant is interested in self-advocacy because it offers her an opportunity to advocate for herself and other people with disabilities when they want and need some thing. For many years, Roberta has been involved in People First of New Hampshire, and the Lakes Region Self-Advocacy and the Capitol City Self-Advocacy Groups. When Roberta flew to and from national -- and -- international self-advocacy conferences, she enjoyed the airplane flights and the bird’s eye views below those planes.

Roberta Gallant’s accomplishments are the following items:

• a personal computer
• private tutoring
• in-college classes at New Hampshire Technical Institute
• computer courses at XYZ Systems
• a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award and other awards
• a move from Laconia to Concord on July 19, 1990
• some news media coverage

Roberta was happy to have accomplished all of these goals. They made her feel good about herself.