My First Black Teacher: Mrs. Gilbert
Black history month was a couple of months ago, but I’ve never been one to stop talking about any group just because their month has ended. Even when it’s not…
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Fat-Shaming in Fifth Grade
Content Warning: discussion of fat shaming, ableism Talking about the mistreatment I endured at my school growing up is a large endeavor. It seems there was not a single area…
Disabled People & Mentors
Growing up disabled is not easy in a world that doesn’t recognize disabled people as valuable to society. In fact, depending on your experience it can be quite hard to…
OCD is Hereditary – Mental Illness is in Families
People don’t understand that hoarding has roots in OCD. One of the things I deal with is obsessive compulsive disorder and I’ve had signs of this since childhood. It’s also…
Able-bodied is not the opposite of disabled.
Able-bodied is not the opposite of disabled. FULL STOP. Read that again. It’s 2025. We should not be having to have this discussion, but here we are. Able-bodied is not…
Don’t look away. Your life depends on it.
The world has never been good for me. I cannot make my life great again because my life never was great. I’ve had little pockets of happiness from time to…
When You’re Your Family’s Shame
When I was nine years old I had to apologize to my family for being disabled. I’ve always been my family’s secret shame.
Stop MDA & #EndTheTelethon Now!
The MDA telethon needs to be ended for good for the benefit of all of us with neuromuscular disabilities.
Trump’s Budget and the AHCA will Greatly Harm Disabled Folks
The budget that Trump is proposing, and replacing the ACA with the AHCA, will both lead to many disabled people being put in nursing homes or they will end up dead.
Defiant Lives is Essential Viewing, Though Flawed
The disability rights movement changed my life. I have been benefiting from legislation fought for by disabled activists who came before me since I was a young child. Like Mike…