My Life Is Different, But It Is Good
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenny Hill for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability. I asked Ellen Stumbo if she could pose a question to me that I could mull over and compose an answer. Here is her question: As an adult...
What My Daughter Has To Say About Her Disability
My daughter will be 10 years old in just a couple of months. She has cerebral palsy (CP). Her CP mainly involves her legs, but spasticity can startle her at any time all over her body. Some days are harder than other days, and some days cerebral palsy is not a big...
A Video Interview on Growing Up With a Disability (Audio and Transcript Too!)
Last week Tonia Christle, from Tonia Says, wrote a series of five posts about growing up with a disability. So this week we got connected on Skype for an interview. Three highlights from our conversation: For people with disabilities, being disabled is their normal....
Growing Up With a Disability: The College and Adult Years
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Tonia Christle from Tonia Says for a blog series titled “Growing Up With a Disability.” What happens when your child turns 18? There aren’t a lot of resources for when kids with disabilities grow up.The only experience I...
Growing Up With a Disability: The High School Years
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Tonia Christle from Tonia Says for a blog series titled “Growing Up With a Disability.” This may come as a shock, but high school was actually a great experience for me. This is due – in no small part – to some key...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.