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'Sometimes people think of accessibility as a nice to have, right? Whereas if it's anti-ableism... it speaks to the fact that a lot of this is structural violence.'
'Don't hide your disability... I'm not just talking about physical disability, I'm talking about mental disability. Show who you are and what you are to the world.'
'We're still measuring a significant inequality here and finding other clues that ableist biases and provider attitudes are contributing,' says Ohio transplant surgeon Austin Schenk.
Nearly 20 per cent of our families struggle to afford and get healthy food. A new food support program will change that.
'Her value is not tied to what she can do or reach or check off. Her value is who she is.'
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shoutouts to people making the world more inclusive.
A father balances sharing 'the difficulty of parenting a medically complex, disabled child... with enough of the joy that nobody mistakes Bree for a burden on us.'
Lawyer Rosemary Masemann counsels about 250 families a year on issues related to decision-making, school supports and government funding.
As a neurodivergent person, 'I always seem to be at a loss when dealing with the social subtleties and codes that people are supposed to know.'
This strengths-based view includes viewing differences in how people think as "purposeful and meaningful rather than pathological."'
Self-care is not a one-off task, Anchel Krishna writes. Parent wellbeing can be found in the regular rhythms of life.
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