Thursday, May 23, 2013

Able passing privilege. Yes, it's a thing.

Full disclosure here, I spent about 10 years of my life being less visibly disabled (I refuse to say 'invisibly disabled".  All disabilities are visible to some extent to the right people in the right conditions.).  Around age 13 I began to use mobility aids, making myself "look" more disabled, and slowly continued down the path of visible disability until, at this point, I am the most...

Friday, May 10, 2013

Who has two crutches and is blogging for Teaching Tolerance??? THIS GIRL!!!

I am THRILLED to announce that I have been selected as a blogger for Teaching Tolerance!!!!  Teaching Tolerance is a magazine and blog that discusses diversity of all kinds in the classroom.  I grew up devouring issues of Teaching Tolerance magazine, so I'm humbled and ecstatic to be blogging for them.  Check out my first post here, an edited version of my post "Dignity of Loss", and...