March 30, 2023
With weather changing, storms raging, heat rising, and unprecedented cold spells, those of us in the disability community are particularly concerned.
Category: Disability Rights
Loving Access
February 28, 2023
Wrapping up February and thinking of all the love that seems to drench this month, what with the love that seems to fill this month, rotating as it does around Valentine’s Day. [...]
Mwen se Afro-Latina
October 12, 2022
I identify as Afro-Latina. I claim that identify because half my family comes from Haiti, an island in Latin America. I also claim that identity to acknowledge the critical contributions Haiti has made to Latin America; contributions that have been omitted or oversimplified in public discourse. [...]
Growing up Latina: Mental Illness in the Latine Community
September 29, 2022
As I was staring at the ceiling, I kept closing my eyes, shaking my head, and praying over and over. I kept having this thought in my head, "my brother will fall from his crib and break his arm, my brother will fall from his crib and break his arm." I hoped that if I kept praying and shaking my head, this terrible thought would go away. I started to cry when I realized that what I was doing to stop these thoughts was useless. [...]
Interview with Kyla Aquino Irving
May 6, 2022
In honor of Mother's Day, we wanted to turn the spotlight on a dynamic mom who has a disability, Kyla Aquino Irving. Currently residing in Sacramento California, Kyla is a busy working mother to Imani, wife to Steve. We sat down and got to know her and hope you will too. [...]