John is deaf and blind – so was his late wife. And together they raised three children. Melva, John’s oldest child, and her father were recently interviewed for a StoryCorps segment. Melva communicated with her dad through a TeleBraille machine. She…
Glen became a quadriplegic after being pulled off a dock into a bay at the age of 25. Ten years later, Glen met Monica, and they fell in love and got married. Fast forward a few more years, and their…
Maria has captured the experience of being a pregnant woman and new mom with a disability in graceful poetic form. Her words explore the emotions all expectant moms feel and also provide the audience a glimpse of her own unique…
Whether you are a parent with a disability or a child of a parent who has a disability, life comes with a unique set of challenges and successes. One parent and one child each share their perspectives on blind parenting.…
Robbie is dealing with one of the more tricky aspects of parenting: changing the diaper of a wiggly baby! Robbie lost his dominant arm in a motorbike accident when he was 17. Now a dad to his son Olly, Robbie…
Matty is a C4 quadriplegic with minimal finger movement, though it’s enough that he’s able to play a card game with his young daughter, Ari. The two are enjoying a nice day outdoors, where Matty has pulled his wheelchair up…
Paul ‘Macca’ McKenzie sustained a spinal cord injury at the age of 30 - that was over 20 years ago. And now, Macca has just become a father for the first time thanks to a decision he made when he…
In 2010, Janie experienced an incomplete spinal cord injury after falling off a roof. At the time, her youngest daughter, Danielle, was 2 years old. Like most parents who have to spend time in the hospital following an injury or…
Parenting with a disability can certainly be a challenge, and sometimes parents who live with a disability can feel that they aren’t able to fully engage with their children. But that definitely doesn’t have to be the case. Jill…
When Eileen gave birth to her son Jacob, she had to defend her ability to parent almost instantly. “I actually had to fight with social workers and pre-natal nurses … to prove that I was worthy of taking my own…