Uncategorized Next Steps Part 3: Who Gets to Speak, How, When, and Why? 21 Mar 2023 Hello, readers, Happy spring! My area of the country has experienced some unexpected frigidity but will be warming up soon. I'll actually miss said frigidity, but well, you can't have…
Uncategorized Blog Bonus/Next Steps: Smart in Their Own Way: Getting It Out of the Way 10 Mar 2023 Happy Friday and ding-ding-ding! Welcome to the bonus round! In the interest of moving on to "bigger" Next Steps topics, we're going to devote this bonus to another trope. This…
Uncategorized Next Steps, Part 2: Unmasking “Secretly Smart” 6 Mar 2023 Hello readers, I hope everyone had a marvelous weekend. I know I did. My six-year-old niece's first dance competition took place Saturday morning. Her team took second overall in her…
Uncategorized Next Steps Part 1: Presenting and Respecting All Support Needs 1 Mar 2023 Hello and happy March, readers! I'm hoping for at least a little more winter, being located in one of the only areas of the country that's unseasonably warm at the…
Uncategorized Maturity, Hygiene, and Other Odd Standards of “Normalcy” 17 Feb 2023 Hello readers, Well, February has certainly gotten off to a busy start! Between Valentine's Day, my mom's birthday (happy birthday and much love, Mom)!, and a brand new writing course,…
Uncategorized Compliance, Obedience, and People with Disabilities: A Constant Conundrum 31 Jan 2023 Hello readers, To close out January, I have a topic that may be tough. Yet, it's ubiquitous among disability-adjacent people. It directly affects people with disabilities, and there aren't that…
Uncategorized Bringing More Respect to Autistic People 24 Jan 2023 Hello readers, Well, one monster article draft, one January cold, and a lot of "life stuff" later, I have returned. And as promised, today I'm going to be talking about…
Uncategorized You Give Advocacy a Bad Name: When PWDs are Legitimately Jerks 9 Jan 2023 Hello, readers, New week, new post, and in some ways, I feel like a new me. I had a birthday Saturday (yes, I'm 37). No, I hope I don't look…
Uncategorized Acknowledging the Light and Dark in the New Year 2 Jan 2023 Happy New Year, readers! January second, time to get back to work! Part of me regrets this. My house has been de-Christmased, and it still seems a little sad/dull. My…
Uncategorized Your Christmas Book Bonus! 11 Dec 2022 Ho, ho, ho! Hello, my Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa-celebrants! I hope you've all been good, because today you get a book bonus! Yes, it's time for another pro-disability book list.…