Grace Dow Writes:
Life through the lens of disability
Latest from the Blog
When Love Isn’t Enough
CW: Mental Illness Sometimes, stories are so difficult to hear because they show a painful reality about living with disabilities or getting mental health care. When it comes to children, parents are often told to push harder, make more calls, challenge denials, and never quit. But what happens when they do all of that and…
A Dental Appointment Shouldn’t Be This Difficult
For many families raising children with developmental disabilities, finding a dentist can become a challenge long before anyone sits in a dental chair. Parents often describe making call after call, explaining that their child has autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or an intellectual disability and asking whether a provider can accommodate sensory sensitivities, communication challenges,…
Disabled Workers Are Ready, Are Employers?
CW: Ableism Thousands of disabled people across the UK are set to be offered a fast-tracked job as part of the government’s Jobs Guarantee scheme. Earlier this year, an interim report by Alan Milburn revealed that 45 percent of young people in the UK who were neither in education, employment, nor training reported having a…
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.