I am a part of EmpowHer Camp, a yearlong leadership program for disabled young women and it starts with a week of camping in the...

I had never skied before my spinal cord injury (SCI) in July 2014, but while still in inpatient rehabilitation in February 2015, the...

‘’I woke up and I couldn't feel my legs.’’ This is what I said on May 6, 2016. You see, on this day I had a massive stroke that paralyzed...

“Watching you dance made me see my own disability in a different way” - a fellow artist relayed this to me last year after I was invited...

Halloween. An exciting holiday filled with candy, costumes, and the scariest thing of all: inaccessibility. With the holiday season...

I first heard the word “interdependence” when I was 18. I’d been active in disability spaces for a few years before I was introduced to...

I discovered my passion for advocacy during my high school years. I would help my friends get the necessary accommodations. I worked with...

I never imagined I would be a scuba diver. Growing up in Florida, I was always an avid swimmer and beach lover, but after my spinal cord...

Why am I 43, and just now getting back into the dating pool? The water’s fine, really. I previously dated a guy who used a wheelchair for...

As a person with Arthrogryposis, a visible physical disability that affects my entire body and all aspects of my life, I’ve grown up...

Two years ago, I did something uncharacteristic of myself: I set a New Year’s resolution, which involved saying one word: “Yes!” Many...

Merriam-Webster defines normal as “conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern; characterized by that which is considered usual,...

Mammogram…. The word alone can erase the smile from most women’s faces. The idea of some stranger seeing bare skin, invading your...

In 2018, I had just graduated college from the University of Illinois and moved back home. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do next in...

As someone who has suffered from clinical depression, health anxiety, and occasional suicidal thoughts, I can affirm that people with...

I’m singing along with sopranos, banjos, and fiddles that resound from my tiny speaker. A deer peeks her massive ears around a pine tree...

I am surrounded by mountains everywhere I look. Missoula, Montana may not look like much, but to me, it is symbolic of my hopes, dreams,...

Welcome in! "Can I help you find anything today?” A cheery sales associate asked me the minute my wheelchair wheels crossed the threshold...

My disability has propelled me forward, so why does my family think it holds me back? I’ve spent the last few years of my life becoming a...

I remember the day my life changed forever. I was reaching for a snack in the cabinet, next thing I knew, I was on the floor with my...