Searching for a Diagnosis
June 23rd, 2020 | by Erin Pushman
Each negative or normal test result seems only to lead to other possibilities. There must be a reason Lucille cannot walk
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When the Doctor Has Bad News (Again)
November 11th, 2019 | by Erin Pushman
In the biopsy waiting game, each day is an eternity. You recite the possibilities like prayers—dense bone, bone infection, tumor recurrence
Be Brave: Facing My Child’s Surgery
October 14th, 2019 | by Erin Pushman
Surgery means Lucille might soon start to look the way she would have looked if a central giant cell granuloma had not happened to her face.
They Point at Her Face and Whisper
September 30th, 2019 | by Erin Pushman
Her tumor stood between us and the rest of the day
“Parents use what they have to do what they need”: Dr. Kara Ayers of the Disabled Parenting Project on Creativity and Community
November 1st, 2018 | by Cheryl Klein
Ability in its essential form is not a construct: We all have the ability to do some things and lack
Can Acknowledging My Weakness Actually Be a Sign of Strength? Asks WENDY KENNAR
May 31st, 2016 | by Wendy Kennar
Strength is easy for my second-grader son to define. He can stand in front of his bedroom mirror, flex his
The “A” Word: WENDY KENNAR on Parenting with an Invisible Disability
November 9th, 2015 | by Wendy Kennar
It’s not the “c” word. It’s the “a” word. But not that “a word.” Although it does feel like a kick in
AUTISMUTHA: Jennifer Natalya Fink’s Open Letter on Autism, Art + Love
September 30th, 2013 | by Jennifer Natalya Fink
Dear Pregnant Person, Hi! Congrats. (Do you need to get up to pee? Go ahead. This could take a while.)