Monthly Archives: August 2007

One of the facts of living with a disability is having to make choices about when to assert your rights when you run into lack of acess. Once you make that decision, you then have to choose whether to enforce … Continue reading →

As the school year approaches, I keep getting emails from my nephew. At the bottom of each email is a P.S. – I can’t wait to start middle school! I couldn’t ask for a greater gift because my nephew, who … Continue reading →

“When we see people who are disadvantaged in comparison to us, we distance ourselves, both to protect ourselves from empathetic feelings and also to avoid the guilt of not helping them.” via changingminds.org on Empathy vs. Objectification We see it … Continue reading →