Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series exploring ableism and the rhetoric that sustains it. In the fall of 2015, I had no idea what I was walking into. My wife and I had agreed to a huge gamble. We gave up job security, a considerable chunk of our first ever consistent […]
Disability
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Homeless with a Severe Disability
Eureka, Humboldt’s county seat, draws a lot of homeless to the city, which seems natural, for here are the services offered to those in need of them (stating this does not ignore the need in other communities of the county). As a disabled individual who depends on a mobility device, looking for housing has been […]