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One Year Ago: What Ableism Didn't Do
(This is my second post for Blogging Against Disablism Day (BADD). It's a follow-up to my post last year - you don't have to read the post from last year for this one to make sense, but it might be a...
View Article#YesAllWomen: The Life and Times of a Vulnerable Woman
I am a vulnerable woman.I don't like saying that. I prefer to think of myself as able to handle anything that comes at me, and someone who does most of the normal things a 21 (almost 22) year old...
View ArticleR-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What It Means to Me
When I was being forced out of the education program at my school the spring before last, during a two hour meeting with both my adviser for the field experience portion of the program and my overall...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Ableist Metaphors
"I was blind to the consequences.""You need to learn how to stand up for yourself.""Her pleas fell on deaf ears."I'm not usually one to language police other people. There are a few terms that I...
View ArticleThe Power of Choices
When I go to a movie theater using my chair or walker, or when I go with wheelchair using friends, we usually can only sit in three or four different spots. In smaller movie theaters, there is often...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to The Jekyll and Hyde Club in Times Square, NYC
To Whom It May Concern at the Jekyll and Hyde Club, Times Square, New York City,Yesterday, (July 31st, 2014) I attempted to dine at your establishment with four friends. I had heard good things about...
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On World CP Day
It's World Cerebral Palsy Day. Unfortunately, the day snuck up on me this year, so I didn't have time to do a slideshow as I have in past years. You all will have to content yourselves with a post...
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#TheShortBus Flashblog: Notes from a Short Bus Veteran
From the day my mother put me on a bus to a "special needs" preschool at three years old to the day I graduated high school, I rode the short bus. While my older sister walked down the block to the...
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Walking Is Overrated: Learn to Love the Wheelchair
I’ve been reading a lot of comments from parents of children with CP lately to the effect of “I’m trying to keep my child from needing mobility aids” or “I’m trying to keep my child out of a...
View ArticleInspiration Porn isn't Progress: A Response to Josephine Fairley
Imagine, if you can, a world where people with brown eyes are inherently superior to those with blue eyes (blue eyes encompassing all those with non-brown eye colors). People with brown eyes are...
View ArticleADA Generation Girl: Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the ADA
On July 26th, 1990, just shy of two years before I was born, the Americans With Disabilities Act was passed. On June 3rd, 1992, I arrived in this world three months prematurely, marking my status as a...
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My Most Visible Disability Has the Least Impact on Me (No, Really)
Blogging Against Disablism Day 2015 post! This is year....eight or nine for me, I think.I am multiply disabled. I have cerebral palsy, anxiety disorder/OCD, and a fairly recent diagnosis of asthma....
View ArticleOn Being "Ugly Disabled"
This piece has been an idea in the works in my head for a long time. At first I thought I wanted to write about being professional when looking professional means suppressing parts of your disability....
View ArticleDear Special Education Majors: You Don't, Actually, Know Everything
Dear Special Education Majors,Most of you have gone into this field because you want to work with disabled people in one capacity or another. So when you meet a Real! Live! Actual! Disabled Person! in...
View ArticleThe Curious Case of Anna Stubblefield and DMan Johnson: Introduction and...
This is Part One in a series of posts discussing the trial of former Rutgers professor Anna Stubblefield. The series will be broken into four parts, with three parts each focusing on a different...
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Why This Latest "Heartwarming" Story Isn't So Heartwarming
Behold! The internet has exploded with a viral story about a disabled person again! A customer's interaction with an autistic employee is being called "heartwarming" and "amazing". As you may guess,...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to The Mighty
Dear Editors, Authors, and Supporters of The Mighty,I have had several articles featured on your site. Bloggers that I greatly admire - both non-disabled parents of disabled children and disabled...
View ArticleDebriefing my phone call with The Mighty, and where we go from here
I just got off the phone with Megan and Vicki, editors of The Mighty. We had set up this phone call over two weeks ago and I admit, I was skeptical that it was actually going to happen, particularly...
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Oops, The Mighty did it again...and again...and again.
Remember when I said I was waiting to see what The Mighty would do in the wake of our conversation?Well, I found out. And it wasn't pretty.I told Vicki and Megan during the call that I was planning on...
View ArticleDisability Is The Overlooked Issue of Flint, Michigan and the Entire...
During tonight's Democratic debate, the issue of lead in the water in Flint, Michigan took center stage. Both candidates rightfully called for the resignation of Governor Rick Snyder and outlined...
View ArticleWhy are we so angry at Trump for mocking a disabled reporter?
Hear me out, here, before you start hating on me for the title.In case you've been living under a rock, let me catch you up. Last November, presidential candidate (who is now the official nominee for...
View Article"Speechless" Review: S1E2 - "N-E-New A-I-Aide
On this episode of Speechless, JJ gets a new aide, Maya has an argument with herself, Dylan and Jimmy prank the neighbors, and Ray becomes a PT's bitch. Let's watch Speechless!I started to agree with...
View ArticleCP Awareness Month 2017: Myths and Facts About Cerebral Palsy
It's Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month! In case you're new here, I have CP! See, now you're aware!While I have mixed feelings about the concept of awareness (see my latest blog post for Rooted in...
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Stop Lying To Me About Accessibility
Guess who's back, back again, Cara's back, tell a friend! I skipped BADD last year due to overwhelming stress from internships, but I'm back! Welcome to my Blogging Against Disablism Day post for...
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This Is What Happens When You "See the Person, Not the Wheelchair"
Any wheelchair user will be able to tell you stories of well meaning able people (or, I suppose, non wheelchair using disabled people) who say "I don't see the wheelchair, I just see the person.",...
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