Jo’s Blog

It has been two and a half years since Moy Moy died. Since then, I have almost completely stopped writing. Every time I think of starting again, I get through one or two paragraphs before realizing I don’t have anything to say. I [...]

I was the first person in the United States to be arrested and jailed for protesting abortion. My pro-life credentials are unimpeachable: I come from a strong Catholic family, I practiced natural family planning and my husband and I adopted a [...]

Walking in Chicago’s Hyde Park early this week (#Lockdown in full swing, but the university emptied of students and the neighborhood so sparsely populated walking was still allowed), I spotted a sign on a neighbour’s front lawn: [...]

I On the 7th day of  #lockdown a generous neighbour posted a sign: “Jigsaw Puzzles. Help Yourself”. II I was of three minds: Would they be infected? Would all the pieces be there? Why not also? III Our Chicago street was empty and [...]

Moy Moy’s gravestone was a very long time coming. Funerals happen instantly in India. In most of the country, most of the year, it’s too hot to wait more than a few hours. But gravestones can take years. One year is the minimum, at [...]

Sproutflix is a film company that shares short movies and feature length films exclusively about people with developmental disabilities. What a find! We are used to the way disabled people are treated in the movies: either as brave, angelic, [...]

Deaf people have it hard in India. Although Sign is a recognized language and an effective way for the deaf to communicate, the accepted wisdom here is that they should just learn how to speak. So what if they can’t hear; so what if what [...]