One day he saw a home made sign I’d made, calling for folks to read books aloud to a blind Ph.D. student. He turned up at my door.
How Can Disability Reforms Be Applied to Sexism, Racism and LGBTQ Issues?
Ask an Ally: As a disability rights activist I’m often asked questions by folks who want to be allies with the disability community but understandably don’t know how to find a way in.
Ask an Ally: As a disability rights activist I’m often asked questions by folks who want to be allies with the disability community but understandably don’t know how to find a way in.
What Is the Difference Between Compassion for Those With Disabilities and Ableism?
Ask an Ally: You’ve been trained to see the deficiencies in people rather than the policies that encourage discrimination.
Ask an Ally: You’ve been trained to see the deficiencies in people rather than the policies that encourage discrimination.
Walk With Me
If you’re not familiar with the term "disability etiquette" it simply means having some common sense when interacting with the disabled.
If you’re not familiar with the term “disability etiquette” it simply means having some common sense when interacting with the disabled.
Gaining Your Conscience
I’m alarmed by the knowledge that my insecurities can produce cruelty.
I’m alarmed by the knowledge that my insecurities can produce cruelty.
Talking to Matti on the Helsinki Tram
Men need kindlier inner lives.
Men need kindlier inner lives.
The Binding Heart
This political season I want Americans to vote for job expansion, inclusivity, dignified employment—which means true diversity in the jobs of the future.
This political season I want Americans to vote for job expansion, inclusivity, dignified employment—which means true diversity in the jobs of the future.
The Sidekick’s Map
Sidekicks are walking beside us as dust rises from the roads.
Sidekicks are walking beside us as dust rises from the roads.
A Man’s Secret Friends
A blind kid with a victrola falls in love with a great Italian tenor.
A blind kid with a victrola falls in love with a great Italian tenor.
Punchlines
Skipping the tedium of the joke in favor of the punch line was, we decided, one definition of friendship.
Skipping the tedium of the joke in favor of the punch line was, we decided, one definition of friendship.
Please Walk Your Dog and Listen to Bach
Sidekick: A Column on Disability
Sidekick: A Column on Disability
Sidekick
In this time of unprecedented environmental, viral, and social disasters we all need sidekicks and let’s admit it.
In this time of unprecedented environmental, viral, and social disasters we all need sidekicks and let’s admit it.
A Good Poet Talks Back to the Cruel Fathers
Why are there no harbours of refuge for grown men?
Why are there no harbours of refuge for grown men?
On Going Maskless and Disability
My guide dog can’t save me from the projective cruelty of Fox News addicts who think masks are just a cheap gimmick in the culture wars.
My guide dog can’t save me from the projective cruelty of Fox News addicts who think masks are just a cheap gimmick in the culture wars.
Bugs and Groucho
I dare to say Bugs and Groucho helped me become a reasonably good and successful man.
I dare to say Bugs and Groucho helped me become a reasonably good and successful man.
Self-Respect in the Age of Airlines
As a disabled man, I know that I cannot secure other people’s approval so long as I insist on my rights.
As a disabled man, I know that I cannot secure other people’s approval so long as I insist on my rights.