How Systematic Barriers Can Shape Your Calling
Advocacy & Inclusion, Self-advocacy and empowerment
We have all felt it-that heavy, sinking sense of being stuck in a loop. You wake up, do the same thing day in and day out, and nothing seems to ...
Read More Workplace Accommodations: Redefining Productivity as a Disabled Person
Misc, Personal Growth & Resilience, Policy and legislation related to disability, Self-advocacy and empowerment
There is a specific, heavy silence that often follows a request for a bit more time or a different way of doing things. When I was starting out in the ...
Read More Navigating Systemic Barriers: Finding Grace in the Gap
Misc
In 1995, I held a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Kent State University in my hand and eagerness in my heart. I felt qualified. I possessed drive. ...
Read More Stopping the Sabotage: Finding Your Place Beyond the Comparison Trap
Misc, Navigating social and emotional challenges, Personal Growth & Resilience
Have you ever looked at the world around you and thought, I don't have what it takes? Or maybe you've watched someone else doing exactly what you feel drawn to ...
Read More The ADA “Religious Exemption” and Disability Exclusion
Advocacy & Inclusion
Let’s start with the numbers, because they tell astory. According to the CDC, 26 percent of adults in the United States have some type of disability. That is one ...
Read More Breaking the Stranglehold of Loneliness
Caregiving & Support
Transitioning from a 9-to-5 job to the life of a writer has been, in many respects, a very lonely process. You put your work out there, exposing your heart, and ...
Read More Are You an Introvert, or Just Protecting Your Peace?
Caregiving & Support
I used to think I was just an introvert. After years of working from home, I have had plenty of time to reflect. I’ve realized it’s not that I’m an ...
Read More Please, Don’t Fix Me. Just Hear Me.
Caregiving & Support
A few days ago, Matthew and I were talking through an ongoing trial. “I don’t know how to fix it,” confessed Matthew. “I don’t need you to have a solution,” ...
Read More Beyond the Pity Project
Caregiving & Support
I remember one summer when my mom paid a neighbor girl to pop in every once in a while to keep me company. My brother and sister each had for ...
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