Illusion of Competence

I used to blog a lot. Since the TPGA dialogues I... haven't, so much. I would like to again. So to get back in the habit of throwing new...

I've been reading people's blog posts about the TPGA Dialogues , and I think that some people think that I think something that I do...

This is as good a time as any to mention that this week we kicked off The Self-Advocate & Parent Dialogues, which is a series of letters...

First of all, Julia wrote a beautiful post which expresses her frustrations about online conflicts between self-advocates and non-disabled ...

Earlier today I was listening to a Radiolab podcast about War of the Worlds. Aside from the fact that I am a gigantic nerd, this was interes...

If you speak ironically, and then refuse to clarify whether a statement is sarcastic or genuine, your communication is not accessible. If yo...

When it's midnight on a quiet hall and your next-door neighbor, who is ill with Random Fever Illness and has mostly lost her voice, knoc...

At dinner last week, I was talking to one of my friends about the drama department. Across the table, another friend – I’ll call her Melanie...

As I said previously, this summer I am volunteering at a program for autistic kids, run by a group of behaviorists from whom I got help as a...