We’ve been bracing ourselves for a tough transition for Schuyler. Since she started her AAC class in elementary school, she’s been on a transfer path with her classmates, the idea
Jun 7, 2016
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A Marriage of 8,030 Days
Twenty-two years ago tomorrow night I got married. It was a long courtship (on then off then on, as it goes sometimes) and included a bout of living together just
Jun 2, 2016
Occupy Advocacy
This has been a rough week for me. Not like tragic, skies-darkening, hide-the-sharp-things rough, not even close. But I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what I’m trying to
May 30, 2016
Overbelief in Action
So let’s consider two scenarios, two possible outcomes for a teenaged girl with a challenging difference trying to fit into a group of typical kids, the kind she’d so desperately
May 16, 2016
With Thoughts of Other, Younger Days
I almost didn’t recognize myself. I came across this photo from at least ten years ago as I was migrating my old book site from its now-inaccessible home to one
May 10, 2016
Safe Spaces
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about language, and hate speech, particularly how it applies to people with disabilities. There’s not a consensus on the seriousness of hate speech, as
May 3, 2016
Community Standards
A couple of years ago, I made a pledge to myself concerning the R Word. It wasn’t the pledge you see posted now and then, the one that says you’ll
Apr 25, 2016