Author Archives: Bryce Schaufelburger

  Image description: the words ‘just a little’ written in black above the word ‘Respect’ in green with the ‘c’ turned into the disability symbol. Yesterday was a day of confrontations. I don’t know why. I even shocked myself. It started innocently enough. Joe and I were heading down to the movies to meet up […]

                                                 Photo Image: photograph of Manuela wearing a yellow jacket and wearing dark rimmed glasses Dearest Manuela, I wanted to call you today. The realization that I couldn’t, ever again, do so hit me with the force of reality. It wasn’t a new realization, you’ve been gone a while now and I can’t. But […]

  Photo description: Two people talking one says ‘Ableism the other responds, ‘WTF is that?’ Twice recently I have tried to explain to non-disabled people, nice non-disabled people, about the lived experience of disability. I made it clear that I wasn’t talking about my disability or about accessibility or about physical barriers. I was talking […]

  Image Description: The word ‘Future’ printed in black on a white background with sad faces in each of the two ‘u’s in the word. “I feel bad for you.” Her tone chilled me and I shivered as if someone had walked over my grave. I was at the counter, taking stuff out of my […]

Image description: Two green eyes, eyebrows and a circle in the middle of the forehead with and arrow point to it with the words ‘LOL – God’  I always politely refused. There were two reasons that I said, “No,” when I was offered anointing and a prayer for healing at church. This is a regular […]