Our family’s path has been unexpected and unordinary, from me being at the top of my career to becoming a disabled mother. Starting a family is regarded as a basic human right, but parents with disabilities experience discrimination that has real-world consequences. Parents with disabilities, especially intellectual or developmental disabilities, face shockingly high referral rates to child protective services. Feed your child’s innate curiosity with empathy and kindness — the very qualities I’ve worked to model as a disabled mother. She is a disabled DEIAB (diversity, equity, inclusion, access and belonging) executive, engineer, diversity champion and keynote/TEDx speaker.

Source: Huffington Post May 11, 2024 12:42 UTC