Selected Publications
2024
Poets&Writers: Picking What to Submit, May/June (Special Section)
"I Wanted My Child To Be A Child," Gifted-ish, edited by Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips, McFarland
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2023
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SmokeLong Quarterly: Flash In The Classroom: Where's the Heat? July
Cognoscenti: I Loved Sinéad For Her Wild Courage and Rage, August
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2022
Atticus Review: Piranha Tank, Spring
Poets&Writers: The Perfectly Balanced Writers Group, Mar/Apr (Special Section)
WIRED: I Gave My Child A Smartphone and It's Been the Best Thing For Her, Feb
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2021
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NBC THINK: Adoption Doesn't Mean Abortion Isn't Needed, Even if Some Supreme Court Justices Think So, Dec
Severance Magazine: I Didn't Understand My Hair. Then I Met My Birth Parents, Dec
The Independent: My Birth Certificate Was Legally Changed. At 48, I Saw The Real Version For the First Time, Nov
The New York Times:Tiny Love Stories: Of Wings and Wind, (2nd down), Nov
Brevity Blog: Getting to the Truer Version of the Story, Nov
In These Times: School's Open. But What About the Year That I, And Other Disabled Students, Lost? (with Freyja Christian), Sept
Hippocampus Magazine: TFW A Keynote Speaker, A HippoCamp 2021 Recap, Sept
Hippocampus Magazine:Surviving the Slush Pile Or, Two Ways To Look At Life, A HippoCamp 2021 Recap, Sept
Brevity Blog: Writing Groups: How? Why? Sept
Entropy: The Story My Body Already Knew, Aug
Cognoscenti: COVID Helped Me Show My Parents I Love Them, Aug
Cognoscenti: Swimmer Becca Meyers' Ordeal Shows Even The Paralympics Doesn't Listen To Disabled People, Aug
Brevity Blog:How Writers Learn and Grow, June
Cognoscenti:My Disabled Daughter Showed Me That None of Us Are Independent, April
Cognoscenti:What Norton Juster's 'The Phantom Tollbooth' Taught Me About This Life, March
Brevity Blog:Writing A Memoir Can Be Dangerous Work. Protect Yourself! Feb
Hippocampus Magazine:I Found My Writing Self On Zoom, Jan
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2020
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Uncomfortable Revolution:Why I Stopped Calling Myself A Special Needs Parent, December
PopSugar Family: How to Make Your Child's Hospital Stay Easier, From a Parent Who's Been There, December
Pidgeonholes: Wait For It To Be Over, November
Romper: Dear Joe Biden, I'm A Disabled Kid & There Are Some Things You Should Know, (with Freyja Christian and Thora Christian), November
The Washington Post: My Disabled Daughter Isn't Your Inspiration Porn, January
The Washington Post: No, I'm Not An Amazing Mom Just Because My Child Has Special Needs, January
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2019 and earlier
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Instead of 'Mothering' And 'Fathering,' Let's Start To See All Of The Work As 'Parenting' The Washington Post, 7/19
My Pediatrician's Oversight Taught Me to Trust My Instincts as a Mom, PopSugar Family, 7/19
What Self-Care Looks Like For The Sandwich Generation (And It's Not What You Think) The Washington Post, 5/19
What My Daughter's Make-A-Wish Trip Taught Me About Parenting, And Myself The Washington Post, 4/19
A Special Needs Parent Against My Will, Learning My Own Adaptive Lesson
The New York Times, 5/15