by Gabriella | Dec 3, 2021 | Accessibility, Essays and Reflections
Home-educating parents, especially parents raising disabled children, are continually being watched, judged, and criticized. Everyone has an opinion. Hardly anyone keeps it to themselves. Nobody questions public school parents about their choices. When their kids...
by Gabriella | Dec 1, 2021 | Accessibility, Essays and Reflections
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...
by Gabriella | Nov 29, 2021 | Accessibility, Essays and Reflections
The pediatrician hinted about a disorder while I sat in a chair and he stood over my son’s incubator. I left confused and in tears.⠀ The official diagnosis was handed to me without support in the NICU. I held my son, the doctor casually leaned on the empty...
by Gabriella | Nov 26, 2021 | Accessibility, Essays and Reflections
My son and I have been on the receiving end of ableist remarks throughout his lifetime. Most of it is well-intentioned and meant to be encouraging. These seemingly-benign comments are a result of internalized ableism which is why it’s hard to...
by Gabriella | Nov 24, 2021 | Professionals
The year I won the award for perfect attendance, I was absent to accept it. I imagine the adults in the room swapped glances and chuckled at the irony of it all.⠀ When I was given the award along with my report card, I felt I didn’t deserve it. I couldn’t...
