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Carla Charter

Carla Charter

About Carla Charter

Carla Charter is a freelance writer as well as a disability related legislative advocate. She lives in Phillipston, MA. and is married with three (almost adult) children. Since becoming disabled herself, she has become passionate about making the world more accessible for everyone.

As the ADA Turns 30, It’s Time to Give It Wheels

July 27, 2020 by Carla Charter Leave a Comment

As the ADA Turns 30, It’s Time to Give It Wheels

This year the ADA, which was designed to give equal access to the disabled, turns 30. Yet still, we live in a segregated society. As a person with a disability, where I live is not decided by my choice as an American but instead by the state and federal government when they decide which communities […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: ADA, disabled mom, policy, transportation

The Gifts of My Disability

December 21, 2017 by Carla Charter Leave a Comment

The Gifts of My Disability

It’s the holiday season, bringing with it, its beautiful music, glittering trees and wonderfully wrapped presents. For me at least though, there are unseen gifts: Presents I have received that cannot be seen. With a disability, especially an undiagnosed disability, there are a myriad of challenges that come with it. However, what many people don’t understand […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: disability, disabled mom, holiday, thanks

Back to School When School is Done

September 14, 2017 by Carla Charter Leave a Comment

Back to School When School is Done

This is it, the first time in 27 years for us. A year with no back-to-school rushes, no watching for sales, no picking out school clothes or visiting several stores to find the perfect backpack. There will be no lunches to pack and no waiting for vans to arrive. My youngest graduated in May, so […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: adult child, disabled child, disabled mom, reflections, school

The ADA: How Far We Have Come, Yet How Far We Still Have to Go

July 27, 2017 by Carla Charter Leave a Comment

The ADA: How Far We Have Come, Yet How Far We Still Have to Go

The ADA. Here is another view. A view you rarely hear. A view from the other side of disabled parenting. For you see those children with disabilities, they grow up and you are faced with their disability and yours in a different light. Only these days I feel do you truly see the effect of the […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: accessibility, ADA, disabled mom

No One is an Island

July 21, 2016 by Carla Charter 1 Comment

No One is an Island

“No man is an island unto themselves entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main” -John Donne Never was the above statement truer than when it is applied to a family with disabilities. I am a disabled parent with a genetic condition which has also been passed […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: ADA, caregiving, disabled child, disabled mom

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