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Ramona Morris

July 2, 2023

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These Hands Will Fail You!

he importance of hands. As a young child while drawing during my art classes, I always struggled to draw realistic digits on the characters I grew in my sketchpads. Hands often failed me no matter how hard I tried to draw them. To gift ten digits to the often-cheerful characters in my drawings seemed to be the most unattainable task.

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ElleK

July 21, 2020

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Shorts, Garments, and Hairy Legs: Taking Ownership of My Body

Three years ago, I stopped wearing garments. I’d worn them about half the time the year before during pregnancy and after having my son. I eventually became used to the feel of my clothes moving against my bare skin, the breeze on my back through the yarn of knit sweaters, and the improvement of health and hygiene that came from increased air circulation in private areas. I still wore garments out of habit, loyalty, and a tiny bit of fear until, one day, I didn’t anymore. As with many lasts, the last time I took off my garments, I didn’t...

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December 3, 2019

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#EqualAccess Series Guest Post: Church Accessibility: A Radical Call for Inclusion

This post is part of The Exponent's #EqualAccess Series. Disabled voices rarely get a chance to speak for themselves, but this blog series seeks to eliminate the stigma that disabled people are less than, and need a representative to speak on their behalf. This blog series is intended to break stereotypes by gathering the voices of disabled individuals. #DisabilityExperience by Madeline Williams Below is an abstract painting by Keith Salmon, a visually impaired artist. Various shades and intensities of pinks, blues, greens, and yellows are blended together in a diagonal pattern. If you think there are no disabled...

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