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In Memory of Laura Hershey
Laura Hershey passed away on November 26, 2010 after a short illness.
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You Get Proud By Practicing in Spanish
You Get Proud By Practicing in French
Poem: “Adopting a Fourteen-Year-Old in the 21st Century”
Last Word on the MDA Telethon (at least for this year)
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Laura's Online Articles
"Along Asphalt Trails," National Parks magazine, Fall 2008
"Confessions of a Cash Cow," Ragged Edge Online, November 2001
"Disabled Woman's Lawsuit Exposes Prejudices," Ragged Edge Online, November 26, 2003
"Handicap Is Not a Death Sentence and Should Not Be Treated As One," U.S. News & World Report, August 2009
"In Sickness and in Health: Paul Monette's and Nancy Mairs' Narratives of Lovers Providing Hands-On Help," The Sylvan Echo, Volume 2, Issue 1
"My disability gives me different view on Terri Schindler-Schiavo case," Progressive Media Project, November 11, 2003
"The Student Body," Waccamaw Journal, Number 4, Fall 2009
•"Pursuing an Agenda Beyond Barriers: Women with Disabilities," in Beijing and Beyond: Toward the 21st Century of Women's Studies Quarterly, 1996
Caregiver Advocates Miss the Point, off our backs: the feminist newsjournal, January 2003
Disability, Disabled People, and Disability Movements, entry in Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America, Charles Scribners Sons, 2003
Disabled Women Organize Worldwide, off our backs: the feminist newsjournal, January 2003
Laura's articles for Disaboom
Laura's bimonthly "Life Support" blog for the Reeve Foundation community website
Laura's Huffington Post Denver blog
Leadership Development Strategies for Women with Disabilities: A Cross-Cultural Survey (Summary)
Rights, Realities, and Issues of Women with Disabilities, chapter in Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium, ed. Robin Morgan. New York: Washington Square Press, 2003
Some older articles by Laura…
Stunting Ashley, off our backs: the feminist newsjournal, Summer 2007
The Dilemma for Disabled Authors," BeyondChron, July 26, 2007
Laura's Online Poetry
"five to five, botanic gardens" and "A Call to Arms," Trillium Literary Journal, Fall 2008
"Insomnia," Wordgathering, Summer 2010 (3rd place in Inglis House poetry contest)
"Monster Body," Chest Journal, September 2010
"Remembering Siesta Key," State of Emergency: Chicago Poets Respond to Gulf Crisis, June 18, 2010
"Sunflowers," Wordgathering, March 2007
"Telling," part of Tapestry of Faith curriculum, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ASL version of "Telling"
Poetry Reading at Lambda Literary Retreat, Aug. 13, 2010
Several samples of Laura's recent poetry
Some older poems
Laura's Other Projects
Disabled Women's Section of Feminist International Radio Endeavor
KQED radio commentary about assisted suicide
KQED radio piece against assisted suicide
Laura discusses MDA Telethon protests on Radio WBAI's The Largest Minority, Aug. 26, 2010
Oral history interview with Alana Theriault
Oral history interview with John B. Kelly
Poetry for Sale
Poster: "You Get Proud By Practicing"
Survival Strategies for Going Abroad: A Guide for People with Disabilities from Mobility International USA
News and Reviews
Interview in Feministing
Interview on Endeavor Freedom TV about The Trouble with Jerry
Laura interviewed by Denver Post columnist Susan Greene, about the MDA Telethon protests
Laura's poem "Fishing Pier" in the latest issue of Gertrude Journal, #14
Laura's poem "You Get Proud By Practicing" included in new anthology Fire in the Soul: 100 Poems for Human Rights
Musical version of Laura's poem "You Get Proud By Practicing"
Other Cool Sites
Amber Tracker
Crip Confessions
Day in Washington
Eva Sweeney's The Deal with Disability
F.R.I.D.A. — Feminist Response In Disability Activism
GlobalSister.org
Life and Times of a Mom on Wheelz
Sins Invalid: An Unashamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility
Video by Norman Kunc "You Get Proud by Practicing"
Webby Talent Disability Videos
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