Playtime at Harper’s Playground
Summer is a great time for play. There are even articles by psychologists attesting to play’s mental benefits—a Psychology Today article...
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Scott Hatley
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
A Beautiful Mind vs The Theory of Everything
The prevalence of Hollywood movies with protagonists experiencing a disability or significant barrier has risen exponentially in the past...
Mitch Blatt
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
How The Understanding Was Born
April 27th is National Tell A Story Day. The way I see it, there is no better day than today to share the story of how The Understanding...
Mitch Blatt
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
TNT’s Perception has an “Obsession” with Schizophrenia
In the TNT drama Perception, Daniel Pierce (Eric McCormack) is a professor of neuroscience at Chicago Lake Michigan University who...
Mitch Blatt
- Jan 1, 2021
- 7 min
What Is It Like To Hear Voices?
Imagine you meet someone on the street. This person is holding a conversation with...the air, talking about their day, or maybe saying “I...
Mitch Blatt
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
How to Stick Together when 2020's Falling Apart
Hey everyone! There are a lot of great holidays in a year. Whether they revolve around eating food, hanging stockings and giving presents...
Mitch Blatt
- Dec 30, 2020
- 7 min
The Big Questions
Like every parent, Marci Bennett wants the best for her teenage son, Hayden. Hayden has high-functioning autism, and Marci had some...
Scott Hatley
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
The Year of the Rat
by Scott Hatley The year of the rat, 2020, has turned out to be one heck of a year. It’s been a year completely off the rails, or a...
Blake Shelley
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
Ride the Wake
by Blake Shelley As the leaves begin to fall, we all look forward to what this season has to bring. The summer is an excellent time for...
Mitch Blatt
- Dec 30, 2020
- 5 min
This Halloween, are Social Fashion Laws in Vogue?
Recently in the US, there’s been what seems like a lot of talk about cultural appropriation, but what is it? Where did it come from? Why...
Mitch Blatt
- Dec 30, 2020
- 7 min
The Mail that (Maybe) Never Fails...to Get People into Office
It’s 2020, and it’s just about time to vote for the next President of the United States. There are accommodations for people with vision...
Mitch Blatt
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
We All Wear Masks
“When we hide, we may avoid being criticized, but we also cheat ourselves from exploring our gifts, and we cheat the world of benefiting...
Mitch Blatt
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
Frozen II’s Enchanted Forest Transforms Mental & Emotional Health Stigmas
by Mitch Blatt Media can do a lot to shape how people think of a thing. Kids’ cartoons have relatively ham-fisted morals to try and teach...
The Understanding
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
Wheelchair Ramp Over International Waters
Do you like the idea of traveling abroad, but are worried about disability accommodations and accessibility?
The Understanding
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
Representation of Confidence: April Davenport
This adaptive apparel business aims to use fashion to help people with disabilities be more self-confident.
The Understanding
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
Does Climate Change Discriminate?
Some commenters on the Internet have said that global warming is sexist, racist, or both. BUT IS IT?
The Understanding
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
Past, Present, Future: Lifting Up the Disabled Community Over Time
One day, a man named Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr. was giving a speech. Viscardi had prosthetic legs, and was the founder of the Viscardi Center.
The Understanding
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
PERSPECTIVE noun (1) | per·spec·tive
Hey there, readers! This is the Summer 2020 issue, and my friends and I are PUMPED UP for summer fun!
The Understanding
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
20/20 Ambition
When employers and HR departments want to make their cultures more inclusive, motivational speakers like EMILY PURRY are called upon to help
The Understanding
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
Fun & Easy Ways to Reduce Stigma
The word “stigma” comes from a brand, or mark of shame. The word “stigma” comes from a brand, or mark of shame.
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