Can’t I Just Say My Dog Is a Service Dog?
I have a twelve-year-old Shiba Inu and a one-year-old Great Pyrenees mix. I joke fairly often that my next dog will be a service dog, because I’d quite like one…
Accessible Transportation and What You’re Actually Entitled To
There are four or five separate systems for getting a wheelchair user from one place to another, each solving a different narrow problem, and no single person explains how they…
Ableism Isn’t Usually Cruelty, It’s Design
Ableism is discrimination or prejudice against disabled people, and the assumption underneath it is that a non-disabled body is the default and everything else is a deviation from it. That’s…
Working While on Disability and What You Can Actually Earn
Figures are current for 2026 and are updated every year. This is general information, not legal advice. Verify current amounts at ssa.gov and consider free WIPA counseling before making work…
Reasonable Accommodation and the Process Your Employer Has to Follow
This is general information rather than legal advice. Your regional ADA Center offers free guidance, and the Job Accommodation Network advises on specific accommodations at no cost. Most people…
Workplace Accommodations for Depression and Anxiety, and How to Ask
This is general information rather than legal advice. Your regional ADA Center offers free guidance, and the Job Accommodation Network provides free confidential advice on specific accommodations. Most people…
Disability Discrimination and the Deadline That Ends Most Claims
This is general information rather than legal advice. Deadlines and rules vary by state and by employer type, and an employment attorney or your regional ADA Center can tell you…
What the ADA Actually Is and What It Doesn’t Cover
The ADA gets invoked constantly and read almost never. People cite it at businesses that aren’t covered by it, assume it protects things it doesn’t, and miss the protections it…
How to Choose a Wheelchair Cushion for the Problem You Actually Have
This is general information rather than medical advice. Cushion selection should be done with a clinician who does seating assessments, particularly if you have any history of pressure injuries. Your…
Shower Chairs and Why the One You Need Probably Isn’t Covered
I shower in an old manual wheelchair. Not because it’s ideal, and not because nothing better exists. Because when I asked about a shower chair I could move myself, I…
