That Crazy Crippled Chick

"When they all make you feel like a problem girl, remember, you're no problem at all." Rob Thomas, Problem Girl

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Inspiration Porn isn't Progress: A Response to Josephine Fairley

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Imagine, if you can, a world where people with brown eyes are inherently superior to those with blue eyes (blue eyes encompassing all those ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Walking Is Overrated: Learn to Love the Wheelchair

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I’ve been reading a lot of comments from parents of children with CP lately to the effect of “I’m trying to keep my child from needing mo...
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Monday, December 22, 2014

#TheShortBus Flashblog: Notes from a Short Bus Veteran

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From the day my mother put me on a bus to a "special needs" preschool at three years old to the day I graduated high school, I...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

On World CP Day

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It's World Cerebral Palsy Day.  Unfortunately, the day snuck up on me this year, so I didn't have time to do a slideshow as I have i...
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Friday, August 1, 2014

An Open Letter to The Jekyll and Hyde Club in Times Square, NYC

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To Whom It May Concern at the Jekyll and Hyde Club, Times Square, New York City, Yesterday, (July 31st, 2014) I attempted to dine at your ...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014

The Power of Choices

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When I go to a movie theater using my chair or walker, or when I go with wheelchair using friends, we usually can only sit in three or four ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

The Trouble With Ableist Metaphors

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"I was blind to the consequences." "You need to learn how to stand up for yourself." "Her pleas fell on deaf ea...
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