Mother’s Day Is Painful Mother’s Day is painful for me. It is a reminder of grief, longing, insecurity and abandonment. Flowers, cards or gifts usually leave me swallowing a pit […]
Disability Justice - MAid - Women's Rights
They Called It Love. It Looked a Lot Like Violence.
When Someone Finally Listened When she learned I was writing a book about getting sick, a close lifelong friend of my family reached out. She was one of the first […]
Accessibility - MAid
The Cost of Survival: Postpartum Depression, ALS, and the Price of Support
Postpartum Depression and the Collapse of Care After the birth of my second child, postpartum depression took its toll on me. The coronavirus pandemic caused one of my workers to […]
Colonialism
How Colonial Religious Sexism Caused Disability
I can’t be alone.I can’t be seen alone.I’m just trying to look capable enough to keep my children. My Grandmother, My Inheritance My grandmother was ten when Colonial authorities took […]
Women's Rights
Religious Sexism and Women’s Health: How Faith Contributes to Disability
Religious Sexism Contributes to Disability The Cost of Faith When I was 17 years old, I experienced firsthand how religious sexism and women’s health are connected. I started bleeding so […]
Accessibility
Navigating Life with ALS and Autism: The Broken Care System
Recognizing the Pattern When my first daughter was two years old, she could count to twenty, name all her shapes and colors, and play independently for hours. She was brilliant. […]
Accessibility
Accessibility in Canada: A Gift, Not a Right
Accessibility in Canada is broken The Illusion Someone places a beautiful present in front of you. The gold wrapping hugs each edge of the box. Perfect seams and creases lay […]