That Crazy Crippled Chick

My friend Alejandra lives with her significant other, Nick, in Lower Manhattan on Duane Street.  Nick relies on a ventilator to breathe (i...

I am a cripple. When I say this in common conversation, it usually elicits gasps and a swarm of people rushing to reassure me that of cour...

You say you wish you had a scooter.  You say it looks like fun.  And yes, it can be fun, zooming around campus at a grand 4.5 miles per hou...

Dear Nancy, I am deeply disturbed by your gross ignorance and ableism on an episode of your show, which aired August 7th, 2012.  The epi...

When you first begin having mental health problems, everyone leaps to recommend counseling.  People rush to send you recommendations for ...

I’m sure you all know by now of my deep, undying love of the Spoon Theory by Christine Miserando .  In recent months and years, I’ve expa...

22 years ago, the law that feeds my existence was signed into law.  Two years later, I would be born, and therefore would spend my entire ...