By the time I began school, I was able to walk, but then a new issue appeared. I could not remember words, so I could not develop the most basic academic skill I would need to succeed as an adult.…
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The Healing Horse, Ch 1 Disaster Strikes, Scene 3: Birthday Party Tears
As I warned you, things did get worse, before they got better. In real life, my father did not pass away until I was in my teens, but I put it earlier in the story to show what a struggle…
Ch 1: Disaster Strikes. Scene 2: At the Hospital
Today’s scene is very short, but it still means a lot to me. Mama never left my bedside, while I was in the hospital–and I never gave up, when I regained consciousness and went home. Even as a toddler, I…
Introducing My Forthcoming Novel: The Healing Horse
When I was in college, I published my first novel The Broken Hoof and won a literary award for it. Now, I am completely rewriting it and will soon (I hope) publish it as The Healing Horse. Like the first…
Creation and Achievement by Dr. Sean P. Dineen and Karen Lynn-Chlup
“What have you accomplished?” This sardonic question asked by non-disabled people seems to sum up a lifetime of exploration and endurance. This is the only community that still, in our day and age, struggles. This community of cerebral palsy folks,…
A Week of Bliss by Dr. Sean Patrick Dineen
[A note from Karen: Sean was kind enough to write this piece, last fall, and I am posting it now as a reminder of the great times we had, and in hope of more great times to come, after this…
The Trip I took to the East Coast to Speak for our People
Three weeks ago, I took a most rewarding journey that is now changing the course of my life. It has all happened because of the tenacious action I have pursued continuously throughout my life. For the last three years, I…
How Does the Disability Community Fit In?
For the last few day’s I have been thinking, mulling over, and contemplating ideas about what I should write next for the issue of this magazine. Then I talked with one of my disabled colleagues and discussed the kind of…
Guidelines: How to Treat a Person with Cerebral Palsy
Guidelines: How to Treat a Person with Cerebral Palsy A person with C.P. would like to be treated like every other “normal” human being. A person with C.P. wants to be treated with dignity and respect. A person…
The Birth of a Magazine
What does it feel like to give birth to something that no one else has ever conceived of? And what does it feel like to bring to the forefront idea’s that could change disabled men and women’s lives for ever?…