Published Work

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Online Publications

The New York Times

Playing the Online Dating Game, on Wheels

One Daughter, One Mother, Two Wheelchairs, and Nothing Remarkable

HuffPost

As A Disabled Person, I’m Afraid I May Not Be Deemed Worth Saving From The Coronavirus

Dear Parents: No, I Won’t Run Your Child Over With My Wheelchair

In Defense of People Who Need Caregivers: Disability Should Not Erase Dignity

I Won’t Pretend That Disability Simulation Works

Salon

Spare me, “Me Before You”: Hollywood’s new tearjerker is built on tired and damaging disability stereotypes

Dear Kylie Jenner, my wheelchair isn’t a prop

CNN

What it’s really like to fly as a wheelchair user

Women’s Media Center

On Americans With Disabilities Act Anniversary, the Struggle Continues for Full Access and Inclusion

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Humanizing the Hiring Process Must Include Accessibility for People Who Are Disabled

Disabled People Are Not Invisible — Even if Grant Makers Too Often Overlook Us

New Mobility

Reflecting on Judy Heumann’s Legacy

Beyond Inspiration: A New Narrative

Ford Foundation

On the Practice of “Supported Storytelling”

The Establishment

Disability Rights Are Conspicuously Absent From The Women’s March Platform

I’m A Disabled Woman Who’s NOT Celebrating Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech

Vice – Motherboard

Fix Discriminatory Attitudes and Broken Sidewalks, Not Humans

SELF

12 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Going to College with a Disability or Chronic Illness

Variety

Six Actors Leading By Example
These thriving performers with disabilities are blazing a trail for others.

Next Generation
Film schools are training students for a world where inclusion is the rule.

Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education

Why Person-First Language Doesn’t Always Put the Person First

The Daily Beast

Olivia Wilde’s Down Syndrome PSA Gets It So Wrong

Disability Dialogue – Center for Disability Rights NY

The Trouble with Teachable Moments About Disabilities

Stuck in the Dirt: Why Advocating for Justice and Access Never Stops

Why the Public Has Turned the Random Act of Kindness at Qdoba Unkind

Can We Break the Cycle of Broken Elevators?

No Modern Asylums: A Response to Dr. Christine Montross

4 Disability Euphemisms That Need to Bite the Dust

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Books

Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times