We all have stories that must be told

 

I always have done a lot of writing, usually in connection with my work as activist and educator.
Gradually, I have turned to forms that allow greater creativity, such as memoir and, more recently, fiction.

 

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My new memoir

SUCH A PRETTY GIRL:
A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride

 

 

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FALSOMAGRO
Second Prize in Creative Non-Fiction
Women's National Book Association Annual Writing Contest, June 2016
Included in the WNBA Anthology Winning Writings
forthcoming from C&R Press, 2019

 

 

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS and Everyday Occurrences
(of the stereotypical kind)

I Do Not Allow Myself to Be Carried
Inspiration
Educational
Get Rid of My Wheelchair?
My Situation
Great Muscles
The Evil of Disability
On the Bus
Blue Eyes
Crossing the Street

 

 

 

Older works

 

 

THE ADDOLORATA
in Mothers and Daughters with Disabilities
Premiere Women's Center, 2004

 

 

DISABLED WOMAN: The Forging of a Proud Identity, 1998
This is a Keynote Address delivered on October 2, 1998 at South Connecticut State University Women's Studies Conference "Fulfilling Possibilities: Women and Girls with Disabilities." The paper has been used in Disability Studies Courses, quoted and referenced in research papers and dissertations as well as online webwites and blogs.