The parenting journey is never easy. There is always a new challenge to be faced or a new question to be answered. The experience is full of ups and downs; to say otherwise would be dishonest. My munchkin is facing his own journey through school and karate. There are tears sometimes, and giggles most of […]
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Help Protect the Rights of Parents with Disabilities in Massachusetts
Attention Massachusetts Residents: Please take a moment to call or email your state Senator and Representative and ask them to cosponsor HD. 1584 (Lead Sponsor: Rep. Heroux) and SD. 1110 (Lead Sponsor: Sen. L’Italien): An Act prohibiting discrimination against adults with disabilities in family and juvenile court proceedings. This legislation will protect the rights of parents […]
The ADA and Disabled Parenting: A Call to Action
Nearly 26 years ago, on July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law, proclaiming “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down!”[1] In passing the ADA, with the purpose of lessening stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities, Congress avowed “the Nation’s proper goals […]