This is a personal post about where Moxie is in her educational journey and all the feeings that come along with thisMoxie starts high school in August.Shes had a solid run at her intermediate school. Her sixth-grade elementary teachers really sa

Toolbox Tuesday: a tip on using the iPhone built-in transcription app (speech-to-text)Im profoundly deaf. I also have ADHDthe kind that makes my brain feel like its got tabs open in every room of a house I cant find my way through.This combina

Ableism is not just a word; it's an everyday reality. It's the pervasive discrimination, prejudice, and bias against us disabled individuals. It's the belief - often unspoken - that being non-disabled is better, more normal, or more valuable. Ableism

This is an interview with Lance Kamaka, a Hawaiian deafblind musician. It is a part of the Cool Cats: Voices from the Disability Community series, in which Meriah interviews cool people from the disability community so you can get to know them.Lance

This is a personal post about the current political situation, with the House passing of the One Big Beautiful Bill as well as the events of the past 5 months. If you click the player above, you can listen to me read this. Alternatively, the video of me

This is an article with resources to explain grief and loss to anyone with an intellectual or developmental disability, but focuses on explaining grief to people with Down syndrome. It has been updated from the original, published in June 2020.

the disability pride flag: what it represents, who it's for

This is about developing disability pride and disability pride being a protest. This was originally published in July, 2022, updated in July 2024. You can listen to me read it by clicking the player below, or subscribing to my podcast on Spotify or iTunes

This post is about the best speech to text apps and is updated from a 2020 post. Affiliate links may be present - doesn't cost you more, helps keep this blog going and does not affect my rating of the product (- I use captions too; I'm not going to recomm

This was originally published on September 7, 2012. It's a personal post on strength, love and courage.You can listen to me read this post by clicking the player below, or on my podcast on Spotify or iTunes. Maya Angelou once said that cou