Category: Inclusion

  • When the Crowd Goes Quiet

    When the Crowd Goes Quiet

    At one point on this journey, I found myself deep in an advocacy effort alongside a younger mom—newer to the world of disability rights, but fierce, brilliant, and already exhausted by the weight of this fight. We were trying to create real change. The kind that disrupts power structures. The…

  • Whispers of Inclusion in a World That Should Be Shouting

    Whispers of Inclusion in a World That Should Be Shouting

    Shannon shares her sentiments about the evolving conflict in the disability community around certain words.

  • It Takes Courage to Dissent

    It Takes Courage to Dissent

    The older I get, the more I realize just how rare that courage is. Courage isn’t loud opinions online. It’s not performative allyship or slapping an “inclusive” sticker on your bumper. It’s not saying the right thing in public while perpetuating harm behind closed doors. Courage is standing firm in your convictions—even…