Many of us like to say things like, my disability does not define me, and I don’t think of myself as disabled, but really, just how far...

If, like me, you acquired your disability while living your everyday life, you can look back and always remember that unforgettable date...

In my boyhood, California’s San Joaquin Valley was infamous for its “tule fog,” a ground-hugging blanket so dense you couldn’t see a...

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles with warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These...

It starts with no alarm clock and no expectations. Almost always, birdsong coming from the 100-year-old walnut trees wakes us. There is...

Churchgoers are often expected to be contrite, especially those of us with obvious disabilities, but I stumbled across a congregation...

I have always been fascinated by seeds. Why? They are bursting with such potential! As each unique seedling, flower or plant unfolds, it...

This past July, recuperating from hospitalization, I missed my 48th anniversary of the plane crash that paralyzed me. I usually...

Gauging progress in accessibility is like “seeing” global climate change. Both are happening, no doubt, but how much and how fast is...

By the time you read this, Lenny will have been gone about three weeks. I’ve known Lenny all my life, but I was a freshman in high school...

We all know about those prime parking spaces and the best stalls in public restrooms (theoretically, at least). Free rental car and...

Yesterday I saved the life of a drunken ladybug. It was one of hundreds I have rescued, but the first that had turned to the bottle as a...

The transformation began without my knowing it — smoking pot now and then and watching from afar as the hippies on campus passed out...

I’m going to say something unpopular in this column, but all I ask is a few minutes of your time. OK, if you’ve already decided you don’t...