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My family are disabled, and when we watch The Little Mermaid, we find ourselves wondering why Ariel would bother getting legs when she should just get a wheelchair! After all, if she wanted to her herself around the parks, that would be the way to go. So, we have come to think of… Read More

There’s an episode of Blackish from season 3, called “Sprinkles,” that means a lot to me. In this episode, Rainbow is pregnant, and she experiences a serious and life-threatening pregnancy complication. Her baby winds up being born premature. Everything about the way the show handles… Read More

#8 is neither petty nor funny. What is depicted on the sign is called a “suicide cord,” and they are a huge fire and safety risk. The reason the sign says they won’t make you one is that hardware stores don’t sell them. Hardware stores don’t sell them because suicide cords kill people.… Read More

@genericusername So well said! Thank you for speaking up. We are living with neuromuscular disabilities in my family, and we have a good life too. I wish that people wouldn’t make such sweeping, negative assumptions about quality if life. Speaking for my family, managing the last… Read More

@intothebinwiththis I am sorry that you lost someone, and I don’t wish suffering on anyone. But IS it your opinion that the person you cared for should never have lived? Would the world have been better without them? Do you believe that everything about that life was bad? *Did you… Read More

Reposting what I responded to your comment elsewhere: Without going into too much detail, because I need to protect my family’s privacy, what I want to say is that I live in this space. And saying that someone with muscular dystrophy having kids is going to “comdemn a child to a… Read More

@annabelk Without going into too much detail, because I need to protect my family’s privacy, what I want to say is that I live in this space. And saying that someone with muscular dystrophy having kids is going to “comdemn a child to a short and painful life” is a misguided, and in… Read More

I think number 5 has the potential to violate the ADA. Plenty of disabilities and medical conditions necessitate immediate access to a bathroom, and students with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations. Refusing to make accommodations is not something that any educator… Read More

My child uses a wheelchair, and I don’t want them called “wheelchair kid” either, particularly if it comes from someone abled who is being dismissive. I agree with you that saying “spina bifida boy” sounds dehumanizing. I also want my child to be able to choose their own language,… Read More

Choosing to have kids or not have kids is a weighty and personal decision, and I agree that it’s not something you should feel you have to justify. I also find some of what is expressed in the article to be concerning, because it sounds like depression. If your life decisions are… Read More