Commentary

Are there any parents out there who are scrambling to figure out their kid’s Halloween costume? 😬

Am I alone in this?

Probably… It’s okay. I’m pretty sure most of the time that I am the only parent messing it up on the daily. But if you are still figuring … Read more

My sister has a disability and so I started young in the disability movement. And I was passionate and clear that our society devalues people with disabilities and that this causes more problems than disability itself.

I was fierce. I had no fear. I was quick to call bull when … Read more

Most of the material I see on Facebook about disability rubs me the wrong way. Even the super positive stuff I often find still misses some subtle and important point or feeds into negative stereotypes or roles of charity/pity. But this “Anything but sorry” video by the Canadian Down Syndrome … Read more

I won’t do it.

I won’t dedicate time to “spread the word to end the word”. The “R” word.

I will point out to people who use the words retard or retarded as an insult or derogatory term that this is hate speech and ask them not to do … Read more

Ah, those sleepy Saturdays when nobody has to be anywhere…

I remember once, cradling a sick toddler in my arms, lamenting to my own mother that I wasn’t sure how I would manage when he was too big to cuddle like this.… Read more

“On World Children’s Day, let’s stand together with the world’s most vulnerable and hardest to reach children.”

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul, than how it treats its children.”

~Nelson Mandela.

World Children’s Day is a day for children’s voices to be heard. A day for … Read more

It is every parent’s biggest dream and worst nightmare.

Will she get invited? Will he be left out? What if nobody like my child? What if my child feels rejected?

Gut punch. The actual worst. It really is. Rejection is painful. It cuts deep wounds. That is why we fear … Read more