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The Color of AngelsFirst I need to own who I am.  I am a white woman, I am 62. I was born with cerebral palsy.  I have been remarkably high functioning until a […]

A Painful DecisionA Painful Decision  In the Fall of 1994, I was newly pregnant. I was working as a part time librarian at my local graduate school […]

A Lifesaving ChoiceOn Thursday I got an appointment with the ALS Clinic at Columbia. I asked my new doctor, Dr. Harms, about my prognosis.  What he said really […]

I don't knowI don’t know.  Many of you have already heard the first part of this story.  On 6/12/23 my husband was out of town,  I was rushing home […]

The complaint committeeI am so grateful for the love and support that I have gotten from you all during this season. I am out of the sling.  The plan is to go […]

Stage 27/3/23 I am really grateful for the number of people who have expressed concern and best wishes for my well being.  So what follows is a […]

Never take anything for grantedNot taking anything for granted. I would love to have all of my friends and family to take a moment and recognize that they are what we call […]

A couple months before my library opened last summer I began having muscle spasms in my lower back doing chores in the kitchen at the end of the day. I began to improve when my library opened. I felt better when I […]

I guess  the story begins with overall  muscle weakness.  As I have said before, the inactivity of the pandemic  was not good for my back.  I became hunched over.  There have been a series  of problems this y […]

This article really rocked me this morning:
With a Baby on the Way, It Was Time to Embrace My Disability

To those who don’t know, I am a “recovering parent.” My child is 26 and we are very proud of them, they […]

My journey to my Library is mind boggling.  Most of the first mile is on foot. 2 train systems. Then about a half mile to campus. Getting up from my office desk to go to the bathroom, and do public service. When […]

Greetings from the mid-summer. Given that travel is now possible, many of my friends and colleagues are traveling to the Caribbean or Europe, or wherever. This has reminded me that my spouse and I are not […]

I want to really recommend this Ted talk on the consciousness gap in education:
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOrgf3wTUbo 
 
When I saw it I was reminded of my deep commitment to anti-racism.  I be […]

I am delighted and very grateful to announce that our book “Seeking to understand: a journey into disabilities studies and libraries” is now available for sale. I continue to be grateful for the remarkable journey […]

Grant, Adam (2021). Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You don’t Know. Viking.
When I picked this up I thought it was going to be about fake news. It’s not about figuring out whether information is reliable. […]

This article was recently highlighted by the New York Times, so it’s possible that some of you have seen it already.

It’s interesting reading. They consider how our economy is going to change as we emerge from […]

I have already said that I think we should all be contacting our representatives regarding HR 40, the bill for studying the creation of structure to provide reparations for the descendants of enslaved […]

      One of the lens through which I look at life, as a person with a life time mobility disability, is musical chairs.  I believe that game  fosters competition and getting your own needs met, regardless of the […]

         Attending Library conferences over the years has truly enriched my life. When I was an active mother, it was a holiday. In 2015 I brought T with me to San Francisco and we had a lovely time. In New Orl […]