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No Less Human: Why I Celebrate Disability Pride

No Less Human: Why I Celebrate Disability Pride

by Guest Author | Jul 24, 2024 | Uncategorized

Lynne Fetter [Content Note: This essay describes a suicide attempt. If you are currently experiencing suicidal thoughts, we strongly advise against reading this essay. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please dial 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) 911...
MOTHER’S DAY 2021: REIMAGINING WHO AND HOW WE HONOR

MOTHER’S DAY 2021: REIMAGINING WHO AND HOW WE HONOR

by Erin Croyle | May 6, 2021 | Uncategorized

After everything we’ve been through in the last year and a half, let’s take it up a notch this Mother’s Day. Dig a little deeper not just in how we celebrate the day, but how we define it. Yes, technically by definition, mother is the “female parent.” But...
SUICIDE ON THE RISE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

SUICIDE ON THE RISE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

by Erin Croyle | Jan 11, 2017 | Help, Help, Individuals, Parents, YOU

Every 29 seconds in 2015 someone in this country tried to kill themself. After a long-term decline, suicide rates are rising in an alarming trend across the United States according to the American Association of Suicidology. Children and young adults are particularly...

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