Living with a disability presents unique challenges that can impact daily life in profound ways. One often-overlooked struggle is maintaining a clean and organized home. For individuals with disabilities, the physical, mental, or emotional demands of housekeeping can feel overwhelming…
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You never know when a lack of accessibility — and the message that you are not important enough for someone to provide it — is about to hit you in the face. Case in point: On Sunday, I was having…
Read MoreEvery time that a new ad featuring a person with a disability comes out, I get ready to cringe. So when I learned that Duracell had released a video ad featuring Derrick Coleman, a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks and…
Read MoreThis afternoon, my husband and I went to see a matinee in town. We went to a particular theatre to see it because they have assistive listening devices for all of the movies there. These devices are glasses that provide…
Read More[Note: This is a post about my kid West, who is genderqueer and uses the pronouns they/them. So when I use those pronouns, I’m referring to West.] My kid West is AWESOME. They’re taking a creative writing class at a…
Read MoreOurs is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help…
Read MoreI am finding it more and more difficult to use words like “accessibility” and “inclusion” these days. Much of the problem with these words is that they assume an inside and an outside. If you’re “accessible,” to whom are you…
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