Just The Way We Are
Julia Roberts is a new media virtuoso whose comfort in the social media space is matched by her passion for advocacy. She is an innovative builder of communities both physical and virtual, and is an adept communicator in both realms. She has a gift for client strategy and social media implementarion, with a professional touch and an ever-present sense of humor. Julia is a skilled writer and speaker, and above all else, she is a tireless and media savvy disability advocate.
It’s that time of year. My daughter is selling Girl Scout cookies and she loves it. She missed selling cookies last year because she is in an inclusive troop – one that is made up of girls with special needs and typically developing girls. The girls weren’t ready last year because, as my daughter states, [...]
Certainly by know you’ve heard that co-founder of Reddit, creator of the RSS feed at age 14, and Internet activist Aaron Swartz, committed suicide. The news hit me hard, as news of people committing suicide always does. Especially young people. It was the same week that I dug into Amanda Todd’s story. If you have time, watch [...]
In memory of those killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy in Newtown, I ask you to reach. Reach out, reach up. Having seen despair and hopelessness up close I can say one feels helpless in the face of someone’s hopelessness Yet they need us to try to reach them If you want to hurt yourself [...]
“But you’re squishy.” Those were the words my daughter said to me several years ago after an encounter with someone we don’t see too often. This person, who is probably a size 6 or 8, made a comment in front of my family about how fat she was. So, I reasoned internally, what do my [...]
Throughout my childhood (in cold Minnesota weather, no less) I was an active kid. I lived across the street from a huge park and it was back in the day when we would leave the house for the day and only come back for food. There was a public recreation center, a playground and a wading [...]
When I was in my mid-twenties I had a lot going for me. I had a job I loved, was single, worked out a lot and had a good social life. I was strong. I was healthy. I felt great about myself. I had self-confidence. I was happy. Then I was thrown off kilter, just [...]
It was probably 95 degrees when I left the state of Georgia in these boots. I was leaving for an equally hot place in the Eastern U.S. with nearly 5000 of my closest friends for a little known conference (I kid!) called BlogHer. I’d purchased these boots a week or two before, hellbent on finding [...]
I’ve had this body my entire life yet, until I was well into adulthood I didn’t feel, apparently, like it was completely mine. I felt confident when I was younger, even my curvy self, which I attribute to an athlete’s frame of mind that my body could do miraculous things, as I was a competitive swimmer. [...]
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