by Adria Nassim For several years now, I have recruited and brought my own direct care providers to the disability services organization I use for supports. The advantage to this is that I have more control over who provides supports to me. The direct care industry is currently strapped and struggling to find enough providers… Read more »
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What’s Wrong with Functioning Labels?
By Adria Nassim A lot of times, when I hear someone describe a person’s level of disability, they might say something like: “My son or daughter is high functioning,” or “I work with students who are pretty low functioning.” While people do use these terms, I don’t especially like them for several reasons. ‘High’ and… Read more »
Disability Is Everyone’s Issue
How Perceptions of Disability Can Impact Relationships and What to Do About It By Adria Nassim It’s not uncommon for kids with disabilities to experience teasing, bullying, or insults from other children because of their circumstances. But what do you do when those who treat your child inappropriately are fully-grown adults? Most of the time,… Read more »
Gone to Slay the Steel Monsters
By Adria Nassim I recently took a trip to King’s Island in Ohio with some friends. Amusement parks tend to be a popular destination for families during the summer. Just because families may have a child or adult with disabilities doesn’t mean they can’t take them along to take advantage of all the fun and… Read more »
‘Hey Ma, Look What I Wrote!’ Helping Kids with Disabilities Find Their Passion
By Adria Nassim A lot of people are interested to hear about how I got my job as a columnist with The Herald-Times here in Bloomington. Although writing has now become a career for me, it did not start out that way. It started out as just something I enjoyed doing, beginning when I was… Read more »