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Chenelle White
Mar 8, 20243 min read
I’m Disabled and it Matters!
I am a part of EmpowHer Camp, a yearlong leadership program for disabled young women and it starts with a week of camping in the...
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Melissa Tessaro
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Hear Her Voice
While I have always identified as being disabled, I wasn’t always involved with the Disability Community. I’m personally proud to be a...
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Michelle
Feb 9, 20243 min read
Skiing with Friends
I had never skied before my spinal cord injury (SCI) in July 2014, but while still in inpatient rehabilitation in February 2015, the...
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Diana Ashworth
Jan 16, 20243 min read
No One Told Me I Needed a Mental Health Plan
‘’I woke up and I couldn't feel my legs.’’ This is what I said on May 6, 2016. You see, on this day I had a massive stroke that paralyzed...
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Isabella Bullock
Jan 9, 20243 min read
Self-Advocacy Exhaustion
Over the summer, I ended up traveling back-to-back to Las Vegas and 48 hours later to Austin, Texas. Airfare travel takes a lot of...
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Kelsi Marie Weaver
Jan 2, 20243 min read
Live Your Best Life
In the Disability Community, we speak a lot about advocacy and its many different forms. In the last couple of months, I have been...
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Emily Lickman
Dec 22, 20233 min read
The Disability Community Deserves Real Representation
My name is Emily Lickman, I’m 18 years old, and as a member of the Disability Community, I am tired of TV shows that keep hiring...
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Martha Siravo
Dec 18, 20233 min read
Para-Dancing Power
“Watching you dance made me see my own disability in a different way” - a fellow artist relayed this to me last year after I was invited...
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Abigail Dreyer
Dec 15, 20233 min read
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Holidays with a Disability
Halloween. An exciting holiday filled with candy, costumes, and the scariest thing of all: inaccessibility. With the holiday season...
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Erica Mones
Oct 30, 20233 min read
Learning Interdependence As a Disabled Woman
I first heard the word “interdependence” when I was 18. I’d been active in disability spaces for a few years before I was introduced to...
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Angela Lawson
Oct 23, 20233 min read
My Journey From Being An Advocacy Princess To Being An Advocacy Queen
I discovered my passion for advocacy during my high school years. I would help my friends get the necessary accommodations. I worked with...
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Arielle Rausin
Oct 19, 20233 min read
Diving In
I never imagined I would be a scuba diver. Growing up in Florida, I was always an avid swimmer and beach lover, but after my spinal cord...
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Alison Chancellor
Sep 14, 20233 min read
From Wheels to Wings
Why am I 43, and just now getting back into the dating pool? The water’s fine, really. I previously dated a guy who used a wheelchair for...
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Jenny Border
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Couch to 5k: Right to Run
As a person with Arthrogryposis, a visible physical disability that affects my entire body and all aspects of my life, I’ve grown up...
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Rachel Corey
Jan 23, 20233 min read
Yes Ma’am
Two years ago, I did something uncharacteristic of myself: I set a New Year’s resolution, which involved saying one word: “Yes!” Many...
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Myranda Gereau
Nov 23, 20223 min read
The Gauntlet of Dating and Trials of Body Image
Dating has become increasingly difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the inability to go out and meet people face-to-face and the...
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Kelsi Marie Weaver
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Education Gives You the Wings to Fly!
Something I noticed about having a disability while being a higher-education student is that sometimes you really have to rise to the...
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Angela Fox
Nov 18, 20223 min read
Controlling the Challenge: Starting a Business with a Disability
Starting a business is never easy. Below are three lessons I learned when starting my business, Horizontal Houses. Horizontal Houses was...
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Lily Wells
Oct 19, 20223 min read
Creating My “Normal”: My Journey as a Disabled Teacher-in-Training
Merriam-Webster defines normal as “conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern; characterized by that which is considered usual,...
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Amber Sexton
Oct 13, 20223 min read
Mammograms from a Wheelchair
Mammogram…. The word alone can erase the smile from most women’s faces. The idea of some stranger seeing bare skin, invading your...
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