The rehabilitation center we’re affiliated with is an old school adapted with an elevator and sliding doors at the entrance but does not have adequate change spaces. The only two change tables at this center are polar opposites in design and both entirely...
I was always a model student. I loved school, and I loved being a student. I still do. I love being a scholar with my pen scribbling fresh notes on innovative topics that challenge me. While teaching, I enrolled in a certificate program. It was held twice a week in...
I have internalized ableism, and deschooling is my rehab.⠀ ⠀ As children, we grow up trusting that what adults tell us is right and good and true. We absorb what we hear and what we see. We accept it as fact.⠀ When things feel a little off, we learn to suppress those...
Our world is divided even among sub-communities. From the outside, it looks like there are only two schools of thought when it comes to education: those who choose conventional schooling and those who homeschool. If we lean in, we see that there are many subgroups...
If we're ever going to change this world, we have to consider who we're excluding. It's exhausting to have to put in extra time, energy, and money to adapt nearly everything we interact with.⠀ Whether it be curricula, articles of clothing, toys and games, the...
Inclusion is not solely a disability matter. We cannot talk about representation while excluding other identities.⠀ ⠀ Schools do this well when they boast STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) programs for girls. While this is progress, members...
I often say home education is my personal rebellion against the systems that oppressed individuals like my son for centuries. Unschooling, in particular, is a resistance to all oppressive institutions, including those that oppress marginalized communities....
To stay the course in anything we do, it's always a good idea to ask ourselves why. Why did we choose this? Why did we want to do this in the first place? When we connect with the "why," it keeps us motivated to keep going. I challenge you to go one step further...
If we're ever going to change this world, we have to consider who we're excluding. It's exhausting to have to put in extra time, energy, and money to adapt nearly everything we interact with.⠀ Whether it be curricula, articles of clothing, toys and games, the...
Inclusion is not solely a disability matter. We cannot talk about representation while excluding other identities.⠀ ⠀ Schools do this well when they boast STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) programs for girls. While this is progress, members...
I often say home education is my personal rebellion against the systems that oppressed individuals like my son for centuries. Unschooling, in particular, is a resistance to all oppressive institutions, including those that oppress marginalized communities....
To stay the course in anything we do, it's always a good idea to ask ourselves why. Why did we choose this? Why did we want to do this in the first place? When we connect with the "why," it keeps us motivated to keep going. I challenge you to go one step further...