As a parent with a disability, I firmly believe in teachable moments, learning experiences, and the like. The parenting experience has definitely been one of self-awareness, joy, tears, and yes, even pain. It is impossible for my son to pretend I fit into the societal expectations of what a mom should be because the cards […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Disabled Parenting Project’s Best of the Decade
Last week, we shared the DPP’s Top 5 Blog Posts of 2019. If you haven’t already done so, check it out! Although the DPP has only been around since 2015 (it feels like so much longer!), since we are heading into a new decade it is a good time to take stock of our accomplishments […]
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 […]
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 […]
How things change: Reflections from a disabled mom about the holidays
Everything was difficult for me as a disabled mom, and I say it that way now looking back as I marvel at how I survived raising kids in a nondisabled world before access to technology afforded us some of the small luxuries we enjoy now, and before disabled moms were as visible as they seem […]
The 12 reasons why I (a mom with a disability) need elves!
I love the Holidays! I can not contain my smile when I think about them. Really any excuse to give gifts (no matter how small), cook yummy food and get together with friends and family. I love the feeling of building excitement, the day when I start getting to give the gifts I have worked […]
5 Steps to Hope
As a parent, my children luckily have not had very many occasions where they have to go to the hospital, nevermind stay overnight. I can only recall twice that my younger son has had to stay one night in the hospital. I never had to bring my older son for an overnight. I know I […]