I am my son’s parent, but I am not a part of his culture and he is not part of mine. I have not experienced life as a disabled person and he’s never been non-disabled. I first became aware of this distinction when I heard Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree:...
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...
Homeschoolers are in a power position to break the cycle of lies society accepts about education. Parents are considered to be "good enough" to raise their children until about age 3, but then we are expected to hand our children off to a system of strangers because...
What have you been told by society about how much of a role you should have in your child's education? What does that role look like in their eyes? There is a constant inner-battle among homeschooling parents: our knowledge and conviction about how learning works...
Ableism robbed my son of the celebratory joy of his birth. My reaction to his diagnosis was steeped in ableism. It was handed to me in an ableist institution by ableist professionals who set us up with months-worth of ableist correctional practices. By the time I left...
There's something that is not being said during this pandemic. As lockdown restrictions loosen and gatherings become more frequent, there is a population for whom nothing has changed. The risk for complications for disabled/chronically ill individuals as well as...
As newbie parents of a disabled child, we were immediately placed under a microscope. From the moment we received the diagnosis, we were observed intently. How would we cope with the diagnosis? Would we be able to handle it long-term? Did we have adequate...
It is during periods my son is very sick that I find myself incredibly grateful we’re home educating. I don’t have to dash off to work--frazzled and fretting. I don’t have to look for a replacement for the days where I absolutely can’t go in. I'm not rushing my son...
Ableism robbed my son of the celebratory joy of his birth. My reaction to his diagnosis was steeped in ableism. It was handed to me in an ableist institution by ableist professionals who set us up with months-worth of ableist correctional practices. By the time I left...
There's something that is not being said during this pandemic. As lockdown restrictions loosen and gatherings become more frequent, there is a population for whom nothing has changed. The risk for complications for disabled/chronically ill individuals as well as...
As newbie parents of a disabled child, we were immediately placed under a microscope. From the moment we received the diagnosis, we were observed intently. How would we cope with the diagnosis? Would we be able to handle it long-term? Did we have adequate...
It is during periods my son is very sick that I find myself incredibly grateful we’re home educating. I don’t have to dash off to work--frazzled and fretting. I don’t have to look for a replacement for the days where I absolutely can’t go in. I'm not rushing my son...