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Posts tagged with "disability"
Mother of autistic child fights for equal care
May. 1 | Proposed laws could disadvantage Black and low-income people By Michelle Lawrence Contributing Writer “State legislators want to create two different healthcare policies for kids with autism: one that generously covers the privately...
Living, surviving and thriving with a disability
Mar. 27 | Disabilities need not stifle our hopes and dreams Hello, it’s me, Kenneth Brown. Do those of us with disabilities dare to dream? Do we have the right to have hope? Fear not, yes we do. Without hope and dreams we have no future. We believe in...
Living, surviving and thriving with a disability Bring the disability skeleton out of the closet
Feb. 20 | What is a disability? This is a multifaceted question. My opinion: A disability alters the “natural” or “normal” state of something or someone. The qualifier for this is who is defining “natural or normal states,” and how the definitions...
Living, surviving and thriving with a disability
Feb. 6 | Survival, accident, luck, miracle: I wouldn’t change any of it As I consider the wonders of life with a disability, I find myself pondering the survival-miracle-accident-luck narrative. “Survive” is defined as “to remain alive after...
Living, surviving and thriving with a disability
Dec. 19 | Assistance, support from others vital to surviving with a disability Why did I “survive” as a Black “crippled” child? I believe I survived so others can see it is possible. How did I “survive?” I believe I was born with the intestinal...
