This section of the website includes articles on disabilities, disability rights, accessibility, words and labels, politics, and other topics related to living with a disability.
General Disability
- A Disability System Designed for Defeat
- Books for Kids with Disabilities: 2019 Schneider Family Book Award Winners
- Poster Child
- Can I Pet Your Service Dog?
- Award Winning Children’s Books about the Disability Experience for 2018
- Spread the Word to End the Word
- Sisterhood: Supporting Other Young Adults with Similar Conditions
- Here’s What I Learned from Talking with Older Kids With Disabilities
- The Right Way To Teach Social Skills: The Disability Community at its Finest
- “Is My Brother a Doll?” Explaining Special Needs to a Sibling
- The Nora Project: Teaching Empathy by Sparking Friendships
- When Your Child Realizes He Has Cerebral Palsy: Adjusting to Life
- Book Review: Let’s Talk About It: Extraordinary Friends by Fred Rogers
- Book Review: The Able Life Of Cody Jane: Still Celebrating by Marly Cornell
- Book Review: Views From Our Shoes: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs by Donald Meyer
- Book Review: Tasting Life: A Story of Courage, Strength, Humor and Love in the Face of a Chronic Illness by Inalee Koonin
- Five Rules to Live By With a Disability
- Individuality: Living with Turner Syndrome
- Special Kids, Special Risks: Violent Crime and What Parents Need to Know
- Positive Tube Identity
Accessibility
- Together We Can Make the World More Accessible for All
- Toileting Children with Disabilities in Public
- The Nuts and Bolts of Building an Accessible Home
- Home Sweet (Accessible) Home
- The World Through Disabled-Colored Glasses
- Tell Me That I Matter: Why Accessible Bathrooms Are So Important
- When Something Isn’t Accessible
- 10 Tips for Getting Out of the House With a Ton of Medical Equipment
- Options for Air Travel for Children with Severe Physical Disabilities
Politics and Disability Rights
- Disability Positions of the 2020 Presidential Candidates
- Disability Positions of Primary Candidates for President (2020)
- Advocacy Through Disability Rights Lawsuits
- Advocating with Legislators for Parents of Kids Who are Medically Complex
- Fixing Healthcare: Working Together
- Disability Positions of the 2016 Presidential Candidates
- Disability Issues: Where Do the Candidates Stand?
Articles from the Archives
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- Lessons from the Past: Fighting for the Civil Rights of Children with Disabilities
- Belonging: Introducing Kids to Disability Culture
- Improving Attitudes of Medical Professionals Toward Children with Neurological Impairments
- The Right to Communicate
- What Truly Makes a Child Special…And Not Extra Special
- Selective Abortion of Fetuses with Non-Fatal Disabilities: Progress or Discrimination?
- The Magnificence of Disability
- Graduating High School: Schools Forcing Out Teens with Special Needs
- A Truly Accessible Bathroom
- Playgrounds for All
- Universal Design: Accessibility for All
- An Insider’s Guide to Morgan’s Wonderland: A Park for Kids with Special Needs
- Funding Sources for Home Modification
- Bedroom, Bathroom, and Ramp Project
- Deck and Lift Project
- Deck and Ramp Project
- Bedroom, Bathroom, Nurse’s Area and Multisensory Area Project
- Words Matter
- Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Words Will Devastate Me!
- The Problem with Labels
- Surviving a Friend’s R-Bombs
- Learning to Live with Labels
- You Don’t Have to Yell: Handling Inappropriate Comments
- Looking Normal
- Being a Teenager with Cerebral Palsy
- Sharmiki’s Story
- Lessons Learned…Lives Changed
- The Perfect Child: On the Path to Acceptance
- Using Children’s Books to Support Siblings
- Health Care Reforms in Effect that Impact Children who are Medically Complex