- Dec 26, 2022
- 2 min
Active Shooter
*A version of this article also appears in I went to the “Active Shooter Response” workshop at work to stir things up. As a wheelchair...
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- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
My First Lesson in Dignity
It was literally like a fairy tale. I waited in a shadowy backstage corner, watching tiny Little Bo-Peeps, Blind Mice and Cats with...
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- Mar 21, 2022
- 5 min
An Open Letter to My Teacher
I believe teachers, for better or worse, can be equally influential to children as their parents. They’ve even been known to mitigate the...
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- Feb 7, 2022
- 2 min
You Rock and I Roll: A Wheelchair User’s Rock Show Experience
This is a rock show. The band is wildly popular. The venue is legendary, and I am a wheelchair user with a floor ticket. This was the...
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- Oct 17, 2021
- 4 min
You Know You’re Disenfranchised When Your History Isn’t Even an Elective
American history is the story of African Americans, Native Americans, women, immigrants, the LGBTQ and all marginalized people. What...
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- Aug 22, 2021
- 5 min
You say bossiness. I say mentorship.
The year was 20-ought something. I would tell you it was the fault of my red, 1991 Chevy Beretta. That car kept me in trouble! The Texas...
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- May 15, 2021
- 5 min
Empower Your Daughters: 7 Things I Wish I Hadn’t Had To Learn The Hard Way
I’ve reached an age I thought my mother was, so I decided it’s time to take inventory of the wisdom I’ve racked up. The result was this...
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- Feb 7, 2021
- 4 min
A Dream Within A Dream
The inherent risk in tackling this topic is that you think I’m crazy, but I hope you think I’m brave. Anything less than bravery could...
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- Aug 6, 2016
- 2 min
(At Least) 6 Steps to Evaluating Information.
I interrupt my originally-intended blog post to bring you this emergency post about how to evaluate the information you are constantly...
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- Jul 31, 2016
- 2 min
If I have any readers, they probably think I died.
Writers’ block, y’all. WRITERS’. BLOCK. For the past few months, I've been in a season of writer's block so paralyzing it's made me...
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- Apr 23, 2016
- 1 min
Proof that Ableism is Pervasive in Society
Ramps! Ramps are the proof. Recently, someone questioned my use of the word "ableism" to describe society's tendency to favor typical...
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- Jan 28, 2016
- 4 min
How to Fall Through the Cracks in 10 Easy Steps!
I officially fell through the cracks today. * After much consideration, I ultimately decided to forgo telling you every single detail of...
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- Nov 13, 2015
- 2 min
The Many Colors of You.
Humans are complicated and life is messy. One of the many things we do to keep that theme running is miscommunicate, but before you can...
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- Nov 11, 2015
- 2 min
Acceptance & Independence
* I'm not sure of the exact date, but I remember the moment. The following post is a throwback, written within my first couple years of...
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- Oct 28, 2015
- 1 min
How To Be Self Rescuing
Step 1: Realize the cavalry isn't coming. This may seem obvious, but first you have to realize no one else is going to rescue you....
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- Jul 18, 2015
- 2 min
Stuff & Things
I have more to say today than I can possibly get out. There’s so much in my head the thought of trying to convey it to you all seems...
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- Jul 7, 2015
- 3 min
The Importance of Knowing What You Don't Want
Everything good in my life is a result of infinite grace and the kind of wisdom you can only get from screwing stuff up the first time or...
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