BEFORE by Alisha Vasquez
When I was 15 years old, the balding, opinionated, gruff man who made my leg braces informed me that I’d “never be able to have kids....
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Aug 11, 2021
THE REASON by Kristine Nilson Oma
It's another day of fatigue and slowness. The mind is half dreaming and half awake. There is the smell of cigarettes from outside. A...
Aug 11, 2021
INTERDEPENDENCE AS DISABLED POETICS AND PRAXIS by A.H. Reaume
Full title: INTERDEPENDENCE AS DISABLED POETICS AND PRAXIS: OR WHY MY NOVEL IS DEDICATED TO MY DISABLED FRIEND MADDY | OPEN BOOK...
Aug 9, 2021
ON THE ONLY LINES OF LADY MACBETH’S THAT ANYONE REMEMBERS by Anissa Lynne Johnson
There is a small, black spot on my left eye. Well, not on it per se. You can’t see it from the outside. My eye doctor says it’s...
Aug 7, 2021
MY DISABILITY IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE IT’S A RAINBOW by Michelle Steiner
A rainbow occurs when the sun and the rain occur together. Two opposite forces occurring at once creates a beautiful flash of color in...
Aug 4, 2021
GOLDEN STATE by Brian Koukol
Lashed in place on the passenger side of our wheelchair-accessible minivan by a cadre of belts and straps and tiedowns as we sped free of...
Aug 1, 2021
FROM TRASH TO TREASURE THE PROCESS OF ACCEPTING MY LEARNING DISABILITY by Michelle Steiner
When I was first diagnosed with a Learning Disability, I viewed it as trash. I wanted to throw it away into the closest garbage can and...
Aug 1, 2021
AN ILLUSION OF DRUMSTICKS by Sean Mahoney
We all sat at a round table; old, lacquered wood, some scratches and burn marks. Jim was cooking venison and chicken tonight though the...
Sep 6, 2020
"Frames" - Paxton Calder
"Can I try on your glasses?' "Wow! How do you see out of those?" "Your eyesight is terrible!" "You look so weird without your glasses...
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