Who Am I To Stop It

Year: 2014

  • Transforming away from stigma

    Listen to this post:  I spent some time with artist and gallerist Jennifer Pepin today. We met at her gallery, the cozy, modern, and distinct J. Pepin Art Gallery in the Pearl District. On the door is the gallery’s name, logo, and tagline.  [Image description: A glass door reflecting cars parked along the street. Painted on…

  • My Way to Olympia documentary review

    Listen to this post:  “My Way to Olympia” is a documentary available streaming through PBS’s Point of View here: www.pbs.org/pov/olympia. I urge anyone interested in disability politics to rush there and watch it before streaming ends on August 7th. I don’t know about current disability culture in Germany, where director Niko Von Glasow is from. But…

  • Guest Blogger Thomas E. Hartmann on Gardeners and Cowboys

    Listen to this guest post read by Cheryl: I really love this new guest post below written by Thomas E. Hartmann, author of Broken Mind, Persistent Hope: A Memoir of Recovery from Brain Damage and Manic Depression. Here’s a little info on Tom to get you warmed up! You can purchase this book in print or download…

  • HeadStrong for Life is our newest sponsor

    Listen to this post:  We are so very proud and excited to announce the newest sponsor of “Who Am I To Stop It” is HeadStrong for Life! Check out the post on this blog from April 9, 2014 about when I got to be part of HeadStrong’s presentation on meaningful projects and activities at the…

  • Disability Visibility Project partnership with StoryCorps

    Listen to this post:  A lot of people have asked about my business name. It’s StoryMinders. I like the play on words with minding a story and having a story about the mind. But, honestly, I get antsy around the word “story.” In the brain injury community it seems to refer to the date, time, location,…