Role Reboot

4 Ways To Stop Disabling My Daughter

You’ll never know what my daughter can do, or any child with a disability can do, if you don’t provide the space for them to do it. Author’s Note: I realize that children with physical and cognitive disabilities run the gamut of ability and function. It is not my intention to categorize all children with disabilities […]

How Media Prevents Us From Truly Empathizing With Disabled Characters

Not seeing yourself reflected in media can also lead to low self-esteem. For me, it caused me to question whether my experiences as a disabled woman even mattered. I’ve never been the target audience for a television show, a movie, or a novel. I’m white—but I’m also a woman, queer, and disabled. Growing up with […]