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I’m Not Sorry If My Disability Makes You Uncomfortable
I spent the first 30 years of my life doing everything I could to not let people know I couldn’t see things. I ordered the same things at the fast food restaurant, I got dropped off a block away so nobody knew that my parents were driving me, I didn’t follow my dream to study medicine or be a scientist.
A Deaf-Blind Mother Shares Her Experiences Parenting Two Hearing Children
DEBRA: Hello, my name is Debra Kahn and I am deaf-blind. I’m a white woman. I have medium short brown hair. I’m wearing glasses and I’m wearing a blue sweater top. I’m one of five children and I have four…Share your Parenting without Pity Story
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How Do You Figure Out Who You Are When You’re the Only Disabled Person in Your Family?
Your glasses scare people,” said my mother, matter-of-factly. The comment stung, but I knew she was correct. We were discussing why, at 16 years-old, I could not get very many babysitting jobs in my suburban neighborhood. My sister had just…
How My Parents Helped Me Find My Disabled Identity
I have always loved the way drums sound. During parades, my focus was always on the marchers with the snares; while at concerts my neck was perpetually craned as I struggled to see over the taller members of the crowd …
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Parenting Without Pity is a 20-episode podcast series where disabled parents offer compassionate and frank advice and guidance to non-disabled parents of disabled children.
No, I’m Not the Patient: Caring for an Aging Parent When You’re Disabled and Everyone Thinks You’re the One Dying
Caring for an aging (or ill) parent or loved one is always complicated. That subtle shift that takes place over time— where the parent becomes the one being cared for, instead of the other way around. It’s a journey as…
My Son’s Disability Taught Me to Be Proud of My Own Disability
When I was born, the doctors told my parents I was blind. That was the first line of my college application essay and the narrative starting point of my life. My parents took me to the doctor because my eyes…