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If We Can Fund War, We Can Fund Special Education
We received an issue of Connecticut Magazine with a cover story about the cost of special education in our state: “Schools face cost, staff constraints.” As kids across the country…
Why the Language We Use About Disability Matters
When our daughter was diagnosed with Down syndrome, I realized that I had the words “Down syndrome baby” in my head. I remember thinking, “I don't like that language. It…
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Imagination, ClemsonLIFE, and the Future of Disability Education
When Penny and I visited the ClemsonLIFE program back in March, one of the program leaders talked to all the parents in the room about funding. It’s not cheap to send a…
COGNOSCENTI | For people with disabilities: Kindness is nice. Legal protections are necessary
Grateful to write today for Cognoscenti/WBUR, Boston’s NPR station (read the full essay here): President Trump's domestic policy agenda, backed by Republicans, jeopardizes protections, research and support for people with disabilities,…
RFK Jr., Autism, and the Story We Need Instead with Matthew Mooney, PhD
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Is disability a tragedy? Is it a gift? What place is there for grief and for joy in this story of disability so many of us…
COGNOSCENTI | The Trump administration’s rhetoric about disability diminishes us all
Grateful to write today for Cognoscenti/WBUR, Boston’s NPR station (read the full essay here): "The language we use and the stories we tell shape our behavior, writes Amy Julia Becker.…
What’s Normal? The Anthropology of Disability
Apple YouTube Spotify More! What does it mean to be human? Who counts as a human being and why? Anthropologist Tom Pearson has been asking these questions for a living…
Denied Treatment and Education?!?
"People with developmental disabilities were granted the legal right to treatment in 1974..." -Exhibit Traces ‘Unfinished Journey’ Of Those With IDD Okay, wait. I know a lot about disability rights…
Being Heumann
Can you imagine being denied the chance to even apply for a job? A job that you're qualified for and that you've studied for and that you're ready for, but…
