Picture this: you’re out in public with a four-year-old kid and come across someone in a wheelchair. Naturally, the child points and loudly asks, “WHAT’S WRONG WITH THEM?”
How do you respond?
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On June 24, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court terminated the Constitutional right for citizens to have abortions.
While I certainly don’t have the whole parenting thing figured out, I am pretty good at fostering independent play.
Over the weekend, I presented during the Family Planning session of NAF’s Annual Ataxia Conference.
Yes, you read that right. And no, I am not comparing my toddler to Ataxia; Leo is one of the best things to ever happen to me, while this disease is easily the worst.
But as a firm member of both of these groups, there are quite a few unspoken similarities that deserve to be addressed.
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