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Author: Meriah Nichols

Curiosity and Joy in Disability Advocacy

September 12, 2023
A young autistic couple practices parallel play while lounging on a picnic blanket at the park. On the left, the Black woman lies on her partner’s lap, smiling and playing with her popsocket fidget. On the right, the non-binary Asian person reads a poetry book.
Sharing our joy is a radical act of advocacy. It speaks to the light within us, the gifts our disabilities bring that we embrace and tune in to. 

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Posted on September 12, 2023September 19, 2023Author Meriah NicholsCategories Disability Rights2 Comments on Curiosity and Joy in Disability Advocacy

Supporting Community: Developing Pride & Empowerment Across Identities

June 30, 2023
People marching and roll holding up a large pride flag together
Pride is power. Let us see the value in each other.

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Posted on June 30, 2023July 28, 2023Author Meriah NicholsCategories Disability Rights1 Comment on Supporting Community: Developing Pride & Empowerment Across Identities

Barbie’s Path to Inclusion

April 4, 2023
Various Barbies with disabilities
Barbie's path to disability inclusion has been a bumpy one.

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Posted on May 2, 2023May 22, 2023Author Meriah NicholsCategories Disability RightsLeave a comment on Barbie’s Path to Inclusion

What We Need to Know About Disability Climate Change Justice

March 30, 2023
A Black non-binary person standing in a rocky forest grove with their cane, looking upwards towards the surrounding greenery.
With weather changing, storms raging, heat rising, and unprecedented cold spells, those of us in the disability community are particularly concerned.

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Posted on March 30, 2023May 22, 2023Author Meriah NicholsCategories Disability RightsLeave a comment on What We Need to Know About Disability Climate Change Justice

Loving Access

February 28, 2023
Two people, heads back to back, with flowers in between them. One is a cochlear implant user, the other uses a hearing aid.
Wrapping up February and thinking of all the love that seems to drench this month, what with the love that seems to fill this month, rotating as it does around Valentine’s Day. [...]

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Posted on February 28, 2023May 22, 2023Author Meriah NicholsCategories Disability RightsLeave a comment on Loving Access
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