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About Erin Andrews

Dr. Erin Andrews serves as a parent advisor and co-researcher for the DPP. She is a board certified rehabilitation psychologist and her areas of interest are disability as diversity, disability culture and identity development, social justice in sexuality, reproduction, and parenting, and disability in post-secondary education. Erin has published and presented nationally on a wide range of disability topics and holds positions with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of Texas Dell Medical School. Erin is married with two grown stepchildren and two young children; they live in Austin, Texas.

The Truth About the 100th Day of School

February 5, 2020 by Erin Andrews 5 Comments

The Truth About the 100th Day of School

DISCLAIMER: I am not judging any of my fellow parents or their kiddos for participating in this, but I do hope my perspective will challenge you to think carefully about whether and how you decide to do so. I know that there is no ill intent, and that this is something meant to be fun and […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: ableism, reflections, school, school age child

The Place That Will Make You Actually Want to Take Your Kids to a Waterpark This Summer

January 29, 2020 by Erin Andrews 1 Comment

The Place That Will Make You Actually Want to Take Your Kids to a Waterpark This Summer

Last June, I reviewed Morgan’s Wonderland, an “ultra-accessible” playground/theme park. I promised I’d visit the separate water park there, and we went in August 2019. I figured the middle of winter is as good a time as any to write about the experience! I’ll start by saying that I hate, absolutely hate and abhor the […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: accessibility, adult child, disability, family, San Antonio, summer, waterpark, wheelchair

How I Taught my Kids to Ride a Bike from a Wheelchair

January 1, 2020 by Erin Andrews 2 Comments

How I Taught my Kids to Ride a Bike from a Wheelchair

Currently, my children are ages four (4) and eight (8); they are both non-disabled. It is important to me that they have a physically active lifestyle, even though I am in a wheelchair and limited in the range of activities that I can do. When my son was a toddler, I wanted him to be able […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: disabled parents, learning to ride a bike, teaching, wheelchair

Disabled Parenting Experience Review: Visiting “Ultra-Accessible” Morgan’s Wonderland

June 1, 2019 by Erin Andrews 2 Comments

Disabled Parenting Experience Review:  Visiting “Ultra-Accessible” Morgan’s Wonderland

  We live about an hour away from San Antonio, Texas, and I’ve long been aware of Morgan’s Wonderland, an attraction that is equal parts playground, carnival, and amusement park. What makes Morgan’s Wonderland unique is that it was developed so “those with and without disabilities can come together.” Philanthropist Gordon Hartman developed the park in honor […]

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An Open Letter to Mothers of Disabled Children

May 9, 2019 by Erin Andrews 5 Comments

An Open Letter to Mothers of Disabled Children

As a disabled mother, I can’t help but reflect sometimes on my own entrance into the world. As a member of several online (primarily nondisabled) parenting groups, I find myself triggered by social media posts about babies born disabled or young children being diagnosed with disabilities. As a way to process my own emotions, I […]

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Why I Can’t Hold Other People’s Babies

April 5, 2019 by Erin Andrews Leave a Comment

It has been an emotional week. On Wednesday, I went to my 4-year-old daughter’s preschool to talk to three of the classrooms about my disability. I’ve done this before when my son was in preschool. It went pretty well – my daughter accompanied me to each class, including hers. We read “We Can Go Anywhere: […]

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Breastfeeding Advice for Mothers with Disabilities

May 24, 2018 by Erin Andrews 1 Comment

Breastfeeding Advice for Mothers with Disabilities

Presentation from February 2017 for the Ohio Lactation Consultants Association Breastfest Conference

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: breastfeeding, disabled mom

A Gift for Mother’s Day

May 13, 2018 by Erin Andrews 6 Comments

A Gift for Mother’s Day

It is that time of year – Mother’s Day. For years, I worried I might never get the chance to become a mother. I was not totally sure, growing up with a physical disability, that I would be able to have children. I was even less sure that I could find a good partner who […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: depression, disabled mom, mental health, reflections

What Every Disabled Mother Should Know About Breastfeeding

August 28, 2016 by Erin Andrews Leave a Comment

What Every Disabled Mother Should Know About Breastfeeding

Nicky Boyte was wearing a flowered sundress when I meet her to talk about her experience breastfeeding her son. The two of us zoom into the restaurant in our power chairs, swapping crip war stories as we settle in. Nicky’s been a disability advocate for years; she’s active with both ADAPT and Not Dead Yet. We […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: advocate, baby, breastfeeding, disabled mom

The Day I Dropped my Daughter on her Head

June 30, 2016 by Erin Andrews 1 Comment

The Day I Dropped my Daughter on her Head

All parents have days that are harder than others, and times when we do or say things we later regret. And kids have accidents – they fall learning to walk, they don’t make it to the potty, and they never think about safety first. As a disabled mom, I think about safety perhaps even more than other […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: adapting, amputee, baby, daughter, disabled mom, society

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