Meriah Nichols is a counselor. Solo mom to 3 (one with Down syndrome, one on the spectrum). Deaf, and neurodiverse herself, she’s a gardening nerd who loves cats, Star Trek, and takes her coffee hot and black.
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Some Thoughts on Senate Bill 334, Abortion & Disability
A new proposal by a state senator seeks to make it criminal to abort a fetus on the basis of its disability or gender. Since women rarely abort in the United States on the basis of gender, it appears (as David Perry aptly stated), as if gender is simply a smokescreen for the real Trojan…
When It Sucks to be Deaf
[names have been changed, but that’s it. this is a copy/paste of an email exchange] Hi “Jane”, “Mary” of the IDSC said that you are all ready for me, re: captioning for the town hall on Tuesday. Great! So what do I need to do? Thanks, Meriah Hi Meriah: Any chance you could call…
Disability and the License to Kill
Difficult conversations are the uncomfortable conversations, and I think, the ones that we often shirk by the very nature of that discomfort. But they are usually the ones that we need to have. I think this whole conversation of assisted suicide and killing children with disabilities is one that is extremely uncomfortable. And one that…