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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

Disabled Parenting Project’s Top Blog Posts of 2019

December 26, 2019 by Robyn Powell Leave a Comment

Disabled Parenting Project’s Top Blog Posts of 2019

As we near the end of another successful year at the Disabled Parenting Project (DPP), we wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the many folks who contributed their time by authoring one or more blog posts this year. We truly appreciate our writers and readers! Thank you! Below is a list of the top […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: disability, reflections

The year Santa was in a wheelchair

December 24, 2019 by Maria Palacios Leave a Comment

The year Santa was in a wheelchair

I’ve always known the magic of kids–the magic they bring to Christmas. It’s not the other way around like many people think. Christmas would have no magic without the innocence of kids whose joy brings hope and forgiveness to a, sometimes, hopeless and unforgiving world. Kids do that because childhood is that kind of time […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: disability, holiday, holidays

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

The Fluidity of Independence

May 4, 2017 by Patrick Bohn Leave a Comment

The Fluidity of Independence

For my inaugural post on this blog, I wanted to write about something that’s come to my mind recently as I’ve thought about my disability and my upcoming fatherhood. I’m calling this The Fluidity of Independence, or TFI, for short (if someone else has used this term, I have no idea, and I’m not trying […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: cerebral palsy, disability, disabled dad, independence, marriage

Brutal Honesty

June 14, 2016 by Jennifer Senda 2 Comments

Brutal Honesty

Parenthood is an amazing process. That’s right, I said it. It’s a process. It is the continuation of building a relationship with a miniature copy of you. You’re going to look in your child’s eyes and see a twinkle in his or her eye that reminds you of yourself, Sometimes, you will smile when you […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: bias, children, disability, discrimination, life

Motherhood

May 17, 2016 by Jennifer Senda 5 Comments

Motherhood

As I am writing this, my son is watching an animated feature film about accepting others unconditionally­­ via monsters! At six, his questions are incessant. Some of those questions involve my disability: “Mommy, why can’t you walk?” “Will we need an elevator in this house forever?” “Why don’t they build steps that can turn into […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: acceptance, accessibility, adapting, disability, disabled mom, school age child

Spastic Mama: You Must Think Moments

May 11, 2016 by Anne Cohen 1 Comment

Spastic Mama:  You Must Think Moments

A friend of mine has always amazed me. She has juggled three kids; two of them twins, has lived abroad with her family, has forged a deep commitment to her faith and community and is a writer. She balanced all of this while acknowledging her own needs for personal and professional growth. None of this […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: baby, disability, disabled mom, friends, reflections

The Truth About the Short Bus

April 25, 2016 by Erin Andrews 1 Comment

The Truth About the Short Bus

Now that I have a little boy getting ready to start kindergarten, I’ve already been thinking about the school bus. He’s fascinated by large vehicles and wants nothing more than to ride the school bus to kindergarten. He loves “The Wheels on the Bus” song and book. I’m pretty sure the day will quickly come […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: amputee, bullying, bus, children, disability, disabled mom, school, wheelchair

Reflections on Being a Parent with a Disability

April 20, 2016 by Frank 6 Comments

Reflections on Being a Parent with a Disability

A version of this blog was originally published in Breaking Ground, a quarterly publication of the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities I am a person with a disability. I survived a traumatic brain injury following a car wreck when I was 18. My disability is visible in the partial paralysis of the right side of my body which affects the […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: disability, disabled dad, TBI, toddler

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