Crip Generation Gap
When you played with your favorite childhood dolls, did you ever wish those dolls were crippled like you?
June 2019
April 2019
Googling Stereotypes
I wanted to write about the overly-medicalized stereotypical images of caregiving a lot of people carry around in their heads, so I entered the word “caregiver” into a search engine and then clicked images.
February 2019
The Secret to My Longevity
By the time the end of June rolls around, I will be either 63 years old or dead. I’m betting hard on the former.
December 2018
Very Special Effects
Even when I do see crippled characters in movies and on TV shows, they still don’t look anything like me.
October 2018
Jumping the Cure Line
I imagine there is some set of etiquette rules that cripples are supposed to follow when lining up for treatments and cures, eh?
August 2018
The Costco Social Experiment
What does this social experiment prove? I guess it proves that Costco bouncers are somehow intimidated by my crippledness. Thus, they give me special treatment. But should I be insulted by that?
June 2018
Broke Ass Cripples
If you’re trying to bring together a large group of cripples, like to organize a protest or something, you can attract a good number of them the same way you attract alley cats. You put out free food.
April 2018
Crippled Voter Drives
This is about the time, every other year, when the various campaigns to get cripples registered to vote start cranking it up big time.
February 2018
One Step at a Time
It’s time for me to clear away old resentments. I have to make room for the new ones.
December 2017
Executing My Grand Plan
The alternative to handing all my cash over to the government is to blow every last damn red cent.
