As a disability advocate, peer mentor, leader of a women’s ministry, and most of all, a mother with disability, Alicia Reagan has seen, heard, and experienced first-hand the struggles of motherhood. Alicia has transverse myelitis, and with the work she has…
Anne Cohen has Myasthenia Gravis, which is a form of Muscular Dystrophy, and it causes her arms to shake in certain positions. As a mother, Anne has encountered many different approaches people have taken to discuss her disability and its…
Frank suffered a traumatic brain injury from a car accident when he was 18 years old, resulting in paralysis on the right side of his body. By 2009, Frank had completed his post-secondary degree in social work, built his career,…
Surrounded by her husband and her three children, Joni Vanderwoude celebrates the joys of motherhood. Joni broke her neck in a car accident when she was 20 years old, and became a quadriplegic. Through rehabilitation and accessible technology, Joni has…
Ellen and Emily are a mother/daughter duo from New York. You can often find them doing things together like watching their favorite TV shows, shopping, and cooking. Something else Ellen and Emily have in common is Larsen syndrome, a genetic physical…
Rachelle Chapman became a quadriplegic after an accident at her bachelorette party. She always knew she wanted to be a mother and she recently celebrated her daughter Kaylee’s first birthday. Rachelle has faced criticism from others who question her…
Changing the diaper of a squirming infant can be tricky for anyone. Meg is a quadriplegic with limited hand function, and she demonstrates how she’s managed to wrangle a diaper on her infant daughter. https://youtu.be/mFFgLGmRHfQ Meg uses her thumb grip…
Francis with wife and daughter. For 36-year-old Filipino chess player Francis Ching, who has retinis pigmentosa and is completely visually impaired, believing in love as a husband and father does not require seeing. In 2008, Francis was working as a…
Parents have so much pressure to be perfect these days. Jennifer, a parent and also a wheelchair user, writes about this parenting pressure as it applies to the disabled community. “We are supposed to be inspiring to others, overcoming “challenging…
As parents, nothing hurts more than to see our children excluded. For Kara, that pain was intensified when she realized that her toddler had been excluded from a birthday party because both Kara and her husband are wheelchair users. …