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Essays

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Modern Love

He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him

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The Atlantic

Homes Still Aren’t Designed for a Body Like Mine

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The New York Times

My Power Wheelchair Makes Me a Better Mom

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The Atlantic

The Biggest Surprise About Parenting With A Disability

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The Wall Street Journal

I Didn’t Want Kids—Until I Became Disabled

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Cup of Jo

What Disability Taught Me About Parenting

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Time

Disabled and Mom Enough

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The Globe and Mail

What Disability Can Teach Us About Becoming A New Parent

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The Guardian

I Can’t Go Everywhere My Daughter Goes – And It’s Heartbreaking

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Slate

I Already Knew I Was Fragile

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Literary Hub

How the Child Welfare System Prioritizes Autonomous Family Units, and Punishes Disabled Parents

Romper

All Parents Could Benefit From The Creativity & Ingenuity Of Disability Culture

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The Washington Post

Parenting with a disability makes me feel like an ‘impostor’ as a mother

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The Washington Post

Covid Doesn't Shorten My Life Expectancy. Rationing Might

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Romper

My Disability Means I Spend 20 Hours A Day In Bed

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Glamour

What Are You Doing Right Now? I’m in Chronic Pain

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Hippocampus Magazine

Throwing Myself into Walls

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Cosmopolitan

I’m Moving My Family to Canada to Save My Black Child From America

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Huffpost

Our Federal Government Has Failed To Protect Us, And We Have Every Right To Feel Traumatized

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Glamour

A Black Mom and a White Mom Discuss Raising Their Black Children in the South

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