By Kristina McCollum Lola Lola Rosalie Shea was born a little over 3 years ago, 3 very long minutes after I passed through the hospital doors. Now that I’ve had some time to get to know her, I can see the true humor in her arrival (and now that enough...
By Pauletta Raines When asked to write a one-page article about Rebecca, I said, “Sure, I can do that.” After all, my training and experience are as a journalist. But as I’ve tried to put words on the page, I’ve found that there’s an indefinable something about...
by Leia Holley As I stood in front of my class, I had no real idea of how much this diverse group of learners would teach me. This was my first class. I was a teacher, their teacher. I knew how to teach math, but I was unaware of how little I truly knew...
By James Harris-Beaudry My sister Jenny is a thirty year old day-care assistant who lives in her own apartment. She also happens to have cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability. It is amazing to talk about how far we’ve come and the abilities my sister has...
By Lori Burnshire Each day at 3:10, Peytn would emerge from the front doors of the middle school with a smile on his face and something to fidget with in his hand. And, each day he would find me standing under the large tree to meet him. From there we would...
