What We Think

Presuming competence was never meant to be conditional. Yet some approaches in our field are quietly recreating the same barriers we set out to dismantle. Families and educators are being told “not yet” when students seek new tools or pathways. This piece calls us back to our foundation: access first, always, and learning environments that adapt to the student—not the other way around.

I always believed the limitations my school put on me. They were the experts. I didn’t know to question their judgement.

If I could make myself a time machine, I would return to my first IEP meeting where I was able to communicate with a letterboard and I would

My son gets so aggressive and I don’t know why. It seems like nothing sparks these outbursts. My daughter will scratch me and pull my...

My speech goes beyond what I think of as unreliable. To me it is reliably annoying.

So many times you need to adapt to the dated notions of society where disability might be accommodated but not so deeply welcomed.

This year has been extraordinarily difficult for everyone. Jack shares his tenacity with us in this poem, "I Will Finish."

This July, students at Reach Every Voice Summer Institute spent a week learning about advocacy and collaborating to advocate for a cause...