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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 IndependentApril

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

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