I’m excited to announce that I have a guest post on Her Packing List! I hope my story will open the minds of fellow travelers, and inspire more people with disabilities to travel. Please visit their site to read the post:
Meet the whimsical robots of #BotJoy, a hand-painted robot army programmed to bring you joy. Gary Hirsch’s unique artistic creations bring bravery, hope, and inspiration to people when they need it most. His “Questions for Humans” interactive street art project invites us to have conversations with ourselves that we need to have, and share our insights…
As a person with a disability who is living independently, traveling and thriving thanks to Medicaid consumer-directed home care services, many people ask me, “What Medicaid personal care attendant programs are available in my state?” Unfortunately, this information isn’t always easy to find, so I’ve compiled a list of national and state resources on Medicaid waiver…
I’m excited to announce that I will be taking a short trip this weekend. I’ll be in Los Angeles from June 13 through the 17th. I’m going to visit friends and attend Theodore Bikel’s 90th birthday celebration. I’ll get to spend time with two of my best friends – Paul, who lives there, and Tamra,…
Inspiration. Lately, it seems like it’s become a four-letter word in the disability community. Phrases like “inspiration porn” get tossed around regularly and the definition seems to be constantly changing, depending on who you ask. But what is inspiration porn, really? Is it possible to have inspirational portrayals of disability that are positive? The term…
I wrote this piece for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Please share it with the parents you know! Dear Parents of Kids with Cerebral Palsy, Thirty-something years ago, my parents were where you are now — raising me, their daughter with spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy. I was blessed with loving parents who fought for me to…
The Coney Island sideshow revitalizes the traditions of circus arts and burlesque with innovative, disability-positive performances Side show. Those two words conjure up images of a kitschy relic of times past, with a fast-talking barker conning circus patrons to hand over their dimes and enter a seedy tent full of animal and human oddities. The…
