
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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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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My deaf/disability connection.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Surfer’s Healing is an organization that was started by a surfer who had a kid with Autism. He wanted to be able to give all kids with Autism (and other disabilities) the experience of riding the waves. So he set it up, and it’s all over the place. The way it works is that they…
with October comes Down syndrome Awareness Month
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”outline” style=”round” message_box_color=”turquoise”]This is a Cool Cat: Voices from the Disability Community post. This is the series in which I ask cool people across the disability spectrum the same set of questions and have fun with the diversity of responses! Read the whole series, and maybe be a part of it yourself by clicking…
cross disability news on the blog “week in review”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A person “happens to have” small and inconsequential things. Like, they “happen to have” a propensity for chocolate milk, they “happen to have” a love of power ballads. Maybe they “happen to have” freckles. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]You don’t “happen to have” something that will affect every aspect of your life, like Down syndrome does. You just HAVE…