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Movies

Netflix’s “Special” Packs a Punch

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Why I Want to Start a Cat Sanctuary Now

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What People First Language Is (& Why and When It’s WRONG)

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Deaf

You Ask, I Answer: What’s the Deaf Experience Like?

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Autism

When My Son Told Me He Thinks He is on the Autism Spectrum…

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Disability Hierarchy is Real and It’s Holding Us Back

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What You Really Mean When You Say “All Abilities”

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Cutting Special Olympics is a Smoke Screen: Here’s Where the Real Issues Are

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Rare Birds: Children with Down Syndrome

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Travel

We Are Going to Europe!

100 out of 100

Beyond Dr. Phil: #100Outof100 and Interabled Relationships

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It’s Time to Change Our Understanding of What Disability Is

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