Discovering the Magic of Activity-based Learning Vijay, the boy who lives upstairs from me, asked me to help him prepare for his computer exam. Handing me his notebook of questions and answers, [...]

The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es Su Privilege) Mohja Kahf I will be your aunty in the new city where you have not yet met a soul Come to my table and eat Teach me your pronouns I will be your [...]

Investing in India’s Children is More Crucial Now Than Ever According to the World Health Organisation, there are 200 million children with disabilities worldwide. Approximately 50 million of [...]

As promised in my last post, here are the remaining F-Words: Fun Friends Future FUN Children are born looking for fun. Even before they have toys, they know how to play: we have pictures of [...]

Following on from my last post about the International Classification of Functioning, Health and Disability, today let’s consider the F-Words. The F-Words are a fun way to think about the [...]

Did you know that disabled people are the largest minority population in the world? Disabled people live in every country and are every gender and every race. They subscribe to every religion and [...]

I’ve been living with my daughter, her husband and their baby for most of the pandemic. Watching Cathleen care for little Uma Joy has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]