A few weeks ago hundreds of Americans with disabilities returned from Torino with the pride of representing our country in the 2006 Torino Paralympic Games. Some returned with medals, hardware …
Social Ladder of Little People, the Disabled and Puerto Ricans
What do Puerto Ricans, disabled people and dwarfs have in common? Give up? They are all at the bottom of the social ladder. According to Real Housewives of Orange County, …
Normal in Whose Eyes?
Mickey Rooney was the first famous person I almost met. I say almost met because I lay behind the glass window of a ward in the Arsenal Street Isolation Hospital …
Roll Out the Blogs
Many online disability magazines, including Audacity and Ragged Edge, have added a listing of personal blogs. Many personal blogs also feature a listing of other related blogs. These are nicknamed …
Alone with My Sweetie
Somebody once asked me if I thought I could handle raising Ella if I had to do it all alone. My answer? Why, yes, I really think I can. But …
The True Meaning of Legacy
I felt something else as well–a sense of loss. But not the kind of loss one feels when you lose a close family member, or anyone or anything that you …
Mike Penny: The New Comic Book Hero Helios
(ADAM)How old are you, and where are you from? (MIKE) I’m 29, and live in South Jersey, near Philly. I am a comic book creator, producer and editor. I formed …
Karma and My Magical Crystal Ball
I have spoken many times of my boyfriend. A wonderful guy, the silent type. Slightly misunderstood by seemingly the entire rest of the world. ach department phone I told a …
Aha’s and Oh-oh’s
There are moments and there are Moments: someone called them “Aha Moments.” These, for me, are usually sudden and not necessarily rational. They happen like somebody—Somebody or Something—smacking me upside …