opinion

[vc_row color=”” message_box_style=”outline” style=”round” message_box_color=”info” icon_type=”fontawesome” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-info-circle” icon_monosocial=”vc-mono vc-mono-fivehundredpx” icon_openiconic=”” icon_typicons=”” icon_entypo=”” icon_linecons=”” icon_pixelicons=””][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”outline” style=”round”]This is about Savage X Fenty: disability and diversity and the whole new approach to business that Rihanna is practicing.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When I saw the Savage X long-form video on Amazon, I was blown away. I mean, it’s intense, alive, it’s…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”outline” style=”round”]This is an opinion post about recognizing and leaning into moments that can transform us, specifically, moments related to disability acceptance. If you want to hear me reading this, just click the link below. [/vc_message][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]When I first started my job at UC Berkeley, coordinating a program in conjunction with the state of California…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” style=”round”]This is about being a “special needs parent” or a “special needs mom” and how and why that term is all wrong. My previous post on “I am Not a Special Needs Mom” is linked at the end of this post.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Special Needs Moms “Special Needs Mom” is a term that is used…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message]This is an essay about People First Language, explaining what it is, how it came to be, and how it has evolved. There is an MP3 from my new podcast of me reading this post – scroll to the bottom for it. There is also a distraction-free PDF of this essay for you to download…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While I was in church a while ago, there was a call for money to help poor people in “3rd world countries,” people who were not so fortunate as to “live the American dream.” This echoed a call in my kid’s school for small things to put into a shoebox and have shipped to a…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What you risk telling your story: You will bore them. Your voice will break, your ink spill and stain your coat. No one will understand, their eyes become fences. You will park yourself forever on the outside, your differentness once and for all revealed, dangerous. The names you give to yourself will become epithets. Your…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Teen Vogue just ran an article about the new face of fashion: disabled models. Written by disabled activist Keah Brown, the article highlights 3 disabled models: Chelsea Warner (who has Down syndrome), Mama Cax (an amputee), and Jillian Mercado (who has spastic muscular dystrophy). Teen Vogue and Disabled Models: [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Teen Vogue article on disabled…