Backpack? Check Notebook? Check Pencil Case? Check Nervous Tears? Check Many parents get emotional for their kids’ first days of school. For Maria Palacios, disability activist and writer, her tears spawned both from her history as being the disabled girl…
For able-bodied parents, seeing disabled parents may seem outside their scope of perception. We are ‘exotic’, ‘inspiring’ and indeed ‘not normal.” For disabled mom Jennifer Senda, parenting her six-year-old son comes with a slew of questions. “I often get asked…
“There is nothing more enriching than having a family,” says Jeff Thorn. Jeff, who refers to himself as ‘totally’ blind, is a parent in every sense of the word. He is a father to his three biological children. A grandparent…
Laurence and Adele Clark say they fell in love nine years ago while on their first date. Besides the fact that they were both born with cerebral palsy, they bonded over their shared desire of one day becoming parents. The…
Jeff, Kristen and their daughter Evie are like any other family who love each other, take family pictures, and help each other. In 2013, Jeff suffered a spinal cord injury and became a quadriplegic. The accident deeply impacted their lives,…
Quadriplegic Glen Dick and his daughter Elaina are always up for an adventure. Glen and his family have traveled around the US. They've experienced sites ranging from Mount Rushmore to Glacier National Park. Glen decided to capture his adventurous spirit…
Lyllyan Blare never thought a birthday invitation for her daughter would change her perspective on parenting, but it did. Lyllyan is a wheelchair user and shares that she is always excited to have a reason to celebrate with her daughter,…
Going back to school can be both an exciting and anxious experience. It's a time to see old friends and meet new ones. A time to introduce yourself to your new classmates, and tell them a little about yourself -…
Born with diastrophic dysplasia, a form of dwarfism, Tiffanie has led an independent life. So when she and her husband Eric became parents to Titan, a typically-sized child, she knew she would parent in her own unique way. For example,…
As parents, we often feel pressure to be able to do it all. We want to be the superheroes that can easily handle anything that comes our way. Jennifer is a mom who has cerebral palsy, and she expresses how…