This is about disability access in Budapest. It includes deaf access in Budapest, blind access, and physical access in Budapest. There are links to helpful organizations and other posts at the end of this article. Budapest was a real shock for me after the Netherlands, because one country (- the Netherlands) is the absolute best

This is a photo-heavy travel post about Budapest I was fascinated by so much that I saw in Budapest. The grocery stores, markets, food gyros! holding that marzipan marizipan shop hungarian chipschips some kind of ice cream meat at the market gyros! cheetos! breads and pastries hawaii mix! gelato marzipan langos something something? mini market

This is a travel post about arriving in the train station Budapest and finding our way to the Air B n' B through public transport. Budapest dazzled and intrigued me as we stepped off the train at the Kaleti station. Like a glorious glass lace building, it’s arches soared and sunlight poured in. It was

This is a travel post about taking the sleeper train in Europe (from Utrecht in the Netherlands to Budapest, Hungary) There was a change in plan. My mom, whom we were going to meet at Nijmegen, Netherlands after her conference was finished, had to delay her departure from the US. That meant that the kids

This is a travel post about physical access in Holland (the Netherlands). It includes opinion about Dutch euthanasia, eugenics and the differences between the Netherlands and the United States with regard to disability rights and access. You know how you don't really miss something you've never had? Like, you kind of bumble around life, stumble

This is a travel post. In the Down syndrome community, there is a famous missive called, "Welcome to Holland." It was written in the 80's by Emily Perl Kinglsey (who was a writer at Sesame Street - you can thank her for a lot of the inclusion that went on there). A lot of people

Disabled Moms: An Interview Project In honor of Mother's Day, I started running an interview series with other moms with disabilities. It was originally intended just for the month of May, but it will continue as long as I get new interviews with cool moms with disabilities! This interview with Sandi Parsons is available in

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We're leaving for Europe soon.  It occurred to me recently that this is kind of funny, with regard to disability. All of us except for one person (- Mack, my youngest child), has a disability! We've got my mom, who has an Acquired Brain Injury, PTSD, post concussion syndrome and dizziness and balance issues (related

Disabled Moms: An Interview Project In honor of Mother's Day, I'm running an interview series with other moms with disabilities throughout the month of May. This interview with Lorna Duff-Howie is available both in distraction-free pdf and through my podcast at the end of this post. If you are a mom with a disability and

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This is a blog post about "Shakespeare in Tokyo" - a short film about a man with Down syndrome exploring Tokyo. The short film is also linked in full within the post so that you can watch it here! I first moved to Tokyo when I was 15 years old. I moved to Tokyo as