Tuesday, June 16, 2015

On Being "Ugly Disabled"

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This piece has been an idea in the works in my head for a long time. At first I thought I wanted to write about being professional when look...
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Friday, May 1, 2015

My Most Visible Disability Has the Least Impact on Me (No, Really)

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Blogging Against Disablism Day 2015 post!  This is year....eight or nine for me, I think. I am multiply disabled.  I have cerebral palsy,...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

ADA Generation Girl: Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the ADA

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On July 26th, 1990, just shy of two years before I was born, the Americans With Disabilities Act was passed.  On June 3rd, 1992, I arrived i...
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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