Accessibility in America Past and Present
Bess Williamson’s Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design is a thought-provoking and edifying look at the shifting culture...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Oct 7, 2019
Is a Historian’s Library an Archive or a Living Thing?
This week I purged my bookshelves. As a Ph.D. historian, it initially felt like a risky move — somewhere in between disowning my former...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Aug 23, 2018
Are Our Smart Devices Turning Us into Dumb Humans?
Are all of our “smart” devices training us to be “dumb” humans, too-often indistinguishable from mere machines? As click-through...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Sep 22, 2017
Face to Face with Sharrona Pearl
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Sharrona Pearl about her new book, Face/On: Transplants and the Ethics of the Other. Below...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Jun 10, 2017
I May Not Heal, But I Will Live Better Thanks to Occupational Therapy
Last year I learned how to chop a carrot with my eyes closed. While being filmed. Sounds like one of those crazy reality cooking shows,...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Oct 11, 2016
Diversity Works, but Only if We Can Forgive One Another
“We are a divided nation,” Donald Trump repeats again and again. And then he makes plans to divide us still further: registration of...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Aug 25, 2016
Playwright Alice Eve Cohen Asks Us to Reconsider What We Think We Know about Pregnancy and Motherhoo
“What makes a mother real?” asks writer and performer Alice Eve Cohen in her newly-published play, What I Thought I Knew. In 1999, Cohen...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
May 26, 2016
I Could Wrestle with my Disability, but I Think I’ll Dance Instead
A year and a half ago, I gained a permanent dance partner. That’s what I’ve decided. That’s how I need to think about the damage to my...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
May 3, 2016
Sorry, I’m Disabled. Oh, Wait, I’m Not Sorry, Just Disabled.
“Sorry,” I say, “Sorry, but would you mind giving me the directions again a little slower? I have a visual impairment and I didn’t see...
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Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
Sep 3, 2015
If You’re Not a Jerk, Then I’m Not Disabled
This is my fantasy: I’m standing at the Main Street corner in my little New Jersey suburban downtown, waiting to cross the street. As...
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