disability

When Macey and I planned our engagement photos, I knew I wanted my sparkly, bright lavender cane to be in them.

As the mother to a 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome, I constantly search for and even engineer environments where my son is welcome.

Mendiola chose to design swimwear as a way to change the narrative surrounding societal beauty standards and physical differences.

I’ve walked the line between visibly and invisibly disabled my entire life.

I’ve walked the line between visibly and invisibly disabled my entire life.

“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”

As storytellers, disabled writers have thousands of stories inside of us, some related to our disabilities and some not. Some of us are lucky enough to have some sort of outlet for our words — in public and/or private spaces — while others still struggle to find the voice that lives within.

How much of sexual identity is dictated by disability?