Putting the Visibility in Disability

~ All columns originally published in the Altoona Mirror, Mirror Moms section ~

The Right Wheelchair to Enjoy the Beach

This column originally ran in the Summer 2024 Mirror Moms pages. In less than a month, we’ll all kiss Spring’s fluctuating temperatures...

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In 2012, I took my second flight with a wheelchair. We were running late, traffic in the D.C. area was a strangle-fest, and getting...

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This column originally ran in the winter 2024 Mirror Moms pages. I could write an entire chapter on using public "accessible" bathrooms....

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This column originally ran in the November 2023 Mirror Moms pages. “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” Ah, the iconic line...

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This column originally ran in the August 2023 Mirror Moms pages. This past March, I went to Marlborough, MA, for the national college...

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This column originally ran in the May 2023 Mirror Moms pages. Eight months before our family’s first Walt Disney World trip, I dove into...

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My husband and I with our son at his 2019 High School Senior Night My first column! This appeared in the November 2022 Mirror Moms page....

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