Pipecleaner Dreams

Catherine's cousin said, "People who are the experts on disability are not the doctors. It's the people with disabilities....

Although we've never made the trip, my family would love to visit New York City. We've never been in a city that large or in my opi...

Ronnie has a wheelchair basketball tournament coming up in a few weeks. It will be held at one of our local universities, and is sponsored ...

My boys and I like to go to baseball games. We've been to Baltimore for the last two years for an Orioles game, and we have season tick...

I'm very excited! My other blog, www.ustooplease.com , has been noticed by one of my town's local TV news station, and I have been ...

Denise Payne, a Florida resident who has cerebral palsy, and her business partner, Robert Forlano, formed a 5013C charitable organization ca...

Many years ago, I would go shopping or out to a restaurant without a thought about accessibility. I would walk up curbs without thinking ab...

We have an older gas barbecue grill that has served us well over the years. But for the Fourth of July this year, I wanted food cooked on a...

I tried really hard not to complain this holiday season. I didn't say anything about the stores and all their aisle-way displays making...

After four trips to three different doctor’s offices this past week, I have decided that most doctors’ offices are seriously in need of a re...

Almost every day I run across a news story about technological advances to aid people who are blind, deaf or deafblind. It's very excit...

Last Saturday I attended something billed as a ‘Summer Institute’ for families of children who are deaf or hearing impaired. This ‘institut...

I’m a Facebook user and have often wondered how accessible it was to someone who is blind. I have JAWS, the screen reader software, at work...

Last February, Amazon unveiled its latest version of Kindle , an e-book reader. The new Kindle boasts some amazing features, even the abili...

My children and I met our friends Lynnette and Brooke at the Norfolk, Virginia zoo this past Saturday. I have pictures, rescued from my par...

Today I am thankful for the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities and their new campaign... Today, in my state (Virginia), people are ...

My kids and I love the snow, but unfortunately we don't see very much of it around my part of Virginia. Then again, maybe that's wh...

Are you a person with a disability or the parent/spouse/friend/caregiver of a person with a disability? Were you planning on attending the ...

Dear Washington National Zoo ; My children and I were so excited about our visit yesterday. I had checked out your website to make sure the...

One of Ashley's Christmas presents this year was going to the Sesame Street Live show at our Coliseum. She went two years ago and reall...