Category: advocacy
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Happy Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month! 💚 (Better late than never, as usual with me! 😉) I’ll admit, I’m poking a little fun at myself for just now getting my first awareness post up for the month. But as Travis Birkenstock once famously said in Clueless, tardiness is not something you can do all on your own! Between managing my energy levels, the…
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He was 13 years old, but he weighed only 35 pounds—the average weight of a 4-year-old. In 2022, that was the final weight of Kadaris Maddox when his body was discovered in a Clarksville home. At an age when most boys are entering their teenage years and reaching nearly double that weight, Kadaris was found emaciated, a victim…
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Photo by Lorenzo Manera While scrolling on my Google news feed the other night, I stumbled upon this news headline that stopped me in my tracks: “MARTA bus leaves disabled passenger stranded at late-night Vine City station” “It was too late for me to be out here. I was terrified,” Jackson told Channel 2’s Tom…
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I often find myself down the rabbit hole of true crime, watching channels like ‘Explore With Us‘ for inspiration for ‘Wheelchair Detective.’ But a recent video brought me face-to-face with a case so profoundly upsetting, so utterly infuriating, that I knew I had to write about it immediately. The story of Isaiah Trammell is a…
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Just when you thought you’ve heard of everything folks! I wasn’t planning on posting anything this soon, as I’m currently working on a piece about true crime against people with disabilities. However, today I stumbled upon a story that completely flipped my expectations of who might be involved in criminal activity. It turns out this…
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As March, Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, draws to a close, I reflect on the journey we’ve taken together. We began by acknowledging this important month, a time to shine a light on the experiences of individuals with cerebral palsy. Then, we delved into the heartbreaking story of Cristina Pangalangan, a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities…
