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Meriah Nichols Talks About Disability
by Meriah Nichols
where disability stories spark change
Episodes
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Updated: The Disability Pride Flag
the disability pride flag: what it represents, who it's for
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Navigating the Down Syndrome Transition Plan: An Interview with the Authors
In this conversation, Jo Ann and Stephanie Meredith talk about their newly updated handbook that helps families in the Down syndrome community navigate the transition to adulthood. Originally written by Jo Ann and now refreshed with Stephanie’s insight, the book offers guidance for families…
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Jose Rosario, Cool Cat; Voice from the Disability Community
This is an interview with Jose Rosario, a bad ass activist, mental health therapist, super smart and fun guy who has somehow never watched Star Trek. 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...
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This is YOUR DISABILITY STORY: What Do You Want it To Say?
Choice is the most powerful tool a human being has. This is an essay about the stories we tell, the choices we make, and the experience of disability
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Why Do We Need to Feel Disability Pride?
This is an answer to a question posed, "why do I need to feel pride in my disability? Isn't it enough that I accept my disability?" It will talk about disability pride, models of disability, sparkle sauce and glitter juice. You can watch me read the essay below, or listen on the podcast (it has...
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Spotlight On: Elevatus and Sexual Education Trainings
This is about Elevatus Training, which is a Sexual Education program for people with Intellectual and Developmental disabilities. This was originally published in 2021 The full interview is in video below. If you prefer the podcast version, just click the link above. The full interview transcript...
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You Ask, I Answer: What is Disability Justice?
This is from my ongoing question-and-answer series, "You Ask, I Answer" in which I take questions that you send me and attempt to answer them. Do you have a question? A Reader asks, What is "disability justice"? Isn't it the same thing as "disability rights"? Dear Reader, I love your question and...
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This Disability Activist Has a Message You Need to Hear
Corbett O'Toole was a keynote speaker at the 2025 PacRim International Conference on Disability. It was awesome; you should have been there. I love her so much, and I loved her keynote so much that I wanted to share it here, and got lucky because everyone said I could. :) Please scroll to the end...
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On the Edge of High School: Moxie’s Next Big Step
This is a personal post about where Moxie is in her educational journey and all the feeings that come along with this Moxie starts high school in August. She’s had a solid run at her intermediate school. Her sixth-grade elementary teachers really saw her—they believed in her and recognized her...
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iPhone Speech to Text: You Talk, It Types
Toolbox Tuesday: a tip on using the iPhone built-in transcription app (speech-to-text) I’m profoundly deaf. I also have ADHD—the kind that makes my brain feel like it’s got tabs open in every room of a house I can’t find my way through. This combination means I need speech-to-text apps to…
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Breathing Back from Ableism
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 shows up in attitudes, actions, systems, and...
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Lance Kamaka, Cool Cat; Voice from the Disability Community
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 Kamaka...
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This Ache Has a Name
This is a personal post about the current political situation, with the House passing of the ʻOne Big Beautiful Billʻ 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 reading this is below....
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Resources to Explain Death and Grief to Person with Down Syndrome or Intellectual Disability
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. In 2016, my children were with me when my Grandpa…
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Pride is a Protest: The Radical Act of Cultivating Disability Pride
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. Patrons can download the pdf for this....
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The Best Speech to Text Apps for Live Captions & Recording
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 recommend junk for the sake of making a few...
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Love Grows Courage
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 courage is the most important virtue, because without it, we...
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Choosing Moxie
This was originally published on March 6, 2013 It is an account of the time that I was pregnant with Moxie. Please be aware this post discusses violence, sexual abuse and abortion. You can listen to me read this post by clicking the player below, or on my podcast on Spotify or iTunes. I. The...
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Almost 50, Part 2
This is a personal post that wraps up the first part, Almost 50 Listen to me read this by clicking the player below: Almost 50, Part 2: Details You know what bothers me about the post I just sent your way, “Almost 50”? It bothers me that I was talking about real things in a vague way. Time…
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Almost 50
I wanted this to be a personal post like hauʻoli makahiki hou - a year sum up - but in the end, the time to write it was as elusive as mercury. And so. This is mostly about time. Click the player below to listen to me read this. Time speeds up when we get older. Remember that movie, “Groundhog...
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Daisy Woodworm Changes the World: A Book Review
This is Micah Nichols' inaugural blog post, an interview with author Melissa Hart on her book, "Daisy Wormwood Changes the World." You can listen to this interview via the "Unpacking Disability with Meriah Nichols" podcast, below, or on Spotify or Apple iTunes. Melissa Hart wrote a book geared…
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Year of the Tiger, by Alice Wong: A Review
This is a review of the book, "Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life," by Alice Wong. You can listen to me read this post by clicking the player below this, or on my podcast on Spotify or iTunes. Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life Sometimes I feel like any memoir written even a little decently...
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Medicare
This is a comprehensive post about Medicare. It covers: What is Medicare? What Are the Parts of Medicare? Detailed Explanations on the Parts of Medicare? Who Can Get Medicare and way more - please refer to the table below with links to jump directly to the part you are looking for guidance on....
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“I Hate Down syndrome”
When Moxie said, "I hate Down syndrome." Talking about disability, hurt, pride, and why pride is so important.
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"10 Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation"
Get past the first couple of chapters and you'll probably fall in love with it The post “10 Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation” appeared first on Meriah Nichols.
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Burning My Eyes and 2022 Goals
The post Burning My Eyes and 2022 Goals appeared first on Meriah Nichols.
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The Cultural Value of Disability
The post The Cultural Value of Disability appeared first on Meriah Nichols.
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September 4th: Labor Day
September 4th, 2016 My mom reached out to me while I was sitting in the hot tub on the morning of September 4th, staring at the rust-red wall in front of me without seeing anything. My mom said that the doctors had done another test on Dana and they declared him brain dead. I was …
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September 3rd: The Family Meeting
September 3rd, 2016 With everyone arriving in Redding and needing to be with Dana, I stayed at the hotel, mostly in the jacuzzi. My husband was there, so for the first time, I had the chance to simply breathe and be in the moment and not feel the constant hum in the back of my …
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September 2nd: Silence
September 2nd, 2016 I went through the windshield of a car when I was 4 years old. An event of great magnitude, it shaped my life and yet it was one of silence. It was peaceful. I am sure that in the moment, at the time, it was a tornado of twists and energy, but …
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August 26th: The Gun Sticker
August 26, 2016 This was apparently the only photo that I took on this day. I can’t explain the depths of revulsion that I felt when I saw that. People who love guns? I don’t think they have ever seen someone they love blown up by one.
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August 25: In the Lava Lamp
August 25, 2016 Days were blurring, blurring, blurred. I’d wake up, pray, meditate, write on the floor of the hotel room in the dark, with my laptop on a pillow on my lap. When the kids woke up, they came over to me for hugs, I’d set the laptop to the side as soon as …
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August 24: Yu Han's Birthday
August 24, 2016 Dana’s first daughter was born on August 24, 1990. She was born in a very small rural rice farming community in Taiwan, and for her birth, my parents flew over from Hawaii. My dad put together a rocking chair for her mom, Jeanie. We assembled cloth diapers and precious tiny baby...
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The Gift of a Moment: Understanding Difficult Times and Choices
The post The Gift of a Moment: Understanding Difficult Times and Choices appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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Billie Eilish In Sharp Focus: The World's A Little Blurry
The post Billie Eilish In Sharp Focus: The World’s A Little Blurry appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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How to Find a Disability Benefits Planner
The post How to Find a Disability Benefits Planner appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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What is a Disability Benefits Planner?
The post What is a Disability Benefits Planner? appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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How to Grow Your Disability Pride
The post How to Grow Your Disability Pride appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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How Do I Get SSI For My Child with a Disability
The post How Do I Get SSI For My Child with a Disability appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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Spotlight On: Crip Camp Curriculum
The post Spotlight On: Crip Camp Curriculum appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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Do People With Down Syndrome Feel Pain Differently?
The post Do People With Down Syndrome Feel Pain Differently? appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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Learning to Run
The post Learning to Run appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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And I Cried Too
The post And I Cried Too appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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It Happened to Me: Reporting Income With SSDI!
The post It Happened to Me: Reporting Income With SSDI! appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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Navigating Beyond The Four F’s of Disability Employment
The post Navigating Beyond The Four F’s of Disability Employment appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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The Gift of Harry Styles and Millennial Neuro-Flexibility
The post The Gift of Harry Styles and Millennial Neuro-Flexibility appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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2020: Through the Muck (Year in Review)
The post 2020: Through the Muck (Year in Review) appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability and Global Expansion
The post Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability and Global Expansion appeared first on Meriah Nichols: Unpacking Disability.
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An Update on Unpacking Disability with Meriah Nichols
From Finding Ruby's Father to doozeedad to With a Little Moxie to Meriah Nichols and now to Unpacking Disability: an update on this site and to future plans
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Black Lives Matter: Beyond the Hashtag
The post Black Lives Matter: Beyond the Hashtag appeared first on Unpacking Disability With Meriah Nichols.
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