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Disability Success Stories: Where Are They? How to Find and Spread More?

Hello readers, I hope you all enjoyed Inauguration Day. As you know, the man we chose as President wasn't my choice, and I do have thoughts about how he got…

Talking Tech: How Technology for PWDs can be Improved

Hello readers, Technology is ubiquitous, especially in 2021. After the last year we had, I think people are more aware of it than ever. I don't want to say we…

Disability Pride in The New Year: Can We Have It? Can We Do It?

Happy New Year, readers! I am absolutely sure most of us are eager to forget 2020. I'm right there with you. This, of course, means we get to focus on…

People With Disabilities MUST Take the Risk

Hello readers, Yes, the all-caps is on purpose. Yes, I'm yelling, but I hope you'll forgive me because this concept is so important. In my time as an armchair advocate,…

Happy Anniversary–And Am I “Stuck?”

Hello, readers, Happy anniversary! On this day in 2011, independencechick.wordpress.com was born. The blog is officially nine years old today. (Nine years--I never would've anticipated it). I'm so blessed and…

What I Learned From Reading The Most Ableist Book Ever

Hello readers, A little housekeeping, to begin. Tomorrow is the blog's anniversary, and so you will get a post. It won't be considered a bonus, though, because I originally intended…

ABA: Buyer Beware

Hello readers, I don't want to write about this. On the other hand, tomorrow is December first and I refuse, absolutely refuse, to start the holidays with a post like…

Helpless: A Bad, Yet Common Feeling…And What to Do About It

Hello readers, I've become a Hamilfan in recent years. My iPod holds most of the soundtrack, and one of my favorites is "Helpless." I like to imagine myself as Eliza,…

Blog Bonus/Opener: Yeah, Why Don’t Politicians Campaign Toward PWDs?

Hello and happy November, readers, This is going to be a quickie, since some of the stuff in it, we've already covered. However, I wanted to have this topic in…

“Not My Child”: The Phrase Parents of PWDs Should Stop Using

Ding-ding-ding! Welcome to the bonus round! I got the idea for this bonus from Greta Harrison, a contributor on The Mighty. Her younger daughter Yassy lives with Down Syndrome and…