TamraHayden performs Black is the Color (of My True Love’s Hair) during The Jesse Terry and Friends Concert at The Winery at St. George in Mohegan Lake NY, July 30th, 2014
Note: This article contains discussion of medical abuse, murder and spoilers for “Gypsy’s Revenge” and “Mommy Dead and Dearest.” The story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard unfolds like a lurid true crime tale you see in tabloids. Girl meets boy online. Girl and boy form a toxic relationship filled with salacious sex and bad cosplay….
On Tuesday, April 25, two class action lawsuits were filed against New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), accusing it of systematically excluding people with disabilities due to a lack of accessible subway stations. Only 112 out of 472 stations — less than 25 percent — have elevators, making it the least accessible subway system…
Lady Gaga’s powerful Oscars performance of “Til It Happens to You” brought attention to an issue that affects far too many people with disabilities. Along with much of the world, I was brought to tears by Lady Gaga’s powerful performance of “Til It Happens to You” at the Oscars. I was especially moved by the…
Due to the severity of my disability, I need assistance doing many tasks that most people take for granted, such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. At home, I have assistants who help me for several hours each day. They take care of me, my home, and my animals. I’ve been hiring my own…
Her name was Sarena Moore, and her service dog Bullet’s name is now tragically ironic. She was studying business at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, gaining skills to pursue her dream of starting a therapeutic horse riding ranch for children with disabilities. She herself was disabled and used a wheelchair. Sarena died October 1,…
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…
