Wheels on the Summit
Sandy Lahmann

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Challenging the able-bodied to a new understanding

 

Published Columns and Articles

Summit Daily News - 
regular column published under the title Disability 101. Disability 101 is a column designed to challenge outdated, patronizing attitudes and encourage the reader to view people with disabilities as persons of strength with great capabilities.

Peak Region Cyclist

Guest writer on the In the Loop blog sponsored by Wideaware Training and Consultancy, Ltd in London - an exchange of ideas comparing life with a disability in the U.S. with life with a disability in the United Kingdom. Additional posts include those by Maria Zedda of Wideaware and those by David Morris, the Senior Advisor on Disability and Deaf Issues to the Mayor of London

The Parents Handbook- Summit County

Empowering News, The Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center Newsletter

Reprints:

  • December 1, 2009       Disability Rights Oregon                                 The prison of 'special'
  • October 9, 2009          The Senior Gazette                                          I have a voice
  • July 22, 2009              Bad Cripple - The politics of . . . parking        Disability is not a medical problem (in part)
  • June 22, 2009             Blog.FrankMS.com                                           Changed and on my way to D.C.
  • May 11-18, 2009         Senior Gazette-Disability Awareness             Celebrate diversity with children's books (Pg 13)
  • April 9, 2009               ProHealth                                                         I have a voice
  • April 9, 2009               MDJunction.com                                               I have a voice
  • March 20, 2009           United Church of Christ Disabilities MinistriesI have a voice
  • March 20, 2009           ADAWatch.org                                                  I have a voice
  • March 16, 2009           DeafNotes.com                                                 I have a voice
  • March 16, 2009           Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center         Monoski camp: a time to be free
  • March 16-23, 2009      Senior Gazette-Disability Awareness              My lessons (Page 13)
  • February 16-23, 2009  Senior Gazette-Disability Awareness              It's all in the details (Page 13)
  • Dec 2008/Jan 2009     Connecting, Raising Special Kids Newsletter   Learned helplessness  (Page 12) 
  • November 2008          Today's Advocate                                             Pity is never appropriate (Page 15)
  • July 5, 2008               Goggle group - alt.support.depression            Hidden disabilities
  • October 2008             Today's Advocate                                             Hidden disabilities    (Page 9)
  • 2008                          School Link, Inc.                                               When to offer help

Linked (These are webpages that have links to my columns and articles.):

  • December 29, 2009   The Huffington Post                                          Worthy of your tax deductible donation
  • November 30, 2009   Newstin                                                             The prison of 'special'
  • November 30, 2009   Patti Dudek - Advocate                                     The prison of 'special'
  • September 2009        Disability Resource Digest                               The paparazzi effect
  • September 6, 2009    Broken Clay                                                      Link to a variety of my Disability 101 columns
  •                                 Jennifer Leahy Law                                          Disability is not a medical problem
  • August 31, 2009         Newstin                                                            Great acting - from a wheelchair
  • August 17, 2009         Topix                                                                Rowing an ocean
  • August 17, 2009         Rowing News                                                    Rowing an ocean
  • August 17, 2009         All Around the World                                       Rowing an ocean
  • July 22, 2009             About.com: Special Needs Children                 Disability is not a medical problem
  • July 21, 2009             Disability News: Patricia E. Bauer                    Disability is not a medical problem
  • July 2009                  Life Without Limits: United Cerebral Palsy       Equal - not special
  • June 21, 2009            DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center-Headlines    Changed and on my way to D.C.
  • June 21, 2009            Newstin                                                             Changed and on my way to D.C.
  • June 8, 2009              Wellsphere                                                       Equal - not special
  • June 8, 2009              Working with Chronic Illness.com                   Equal - not special
  • May 21, 2009             Barrier Free Manitoba                                     Celebrate diversity with children's books
  • May 5, 2009               Society for Manitobans with Disabilities         Celebrate diversity with children's books
  • May 2009                   Localstew                                                         Nothing about us without us
  • April 12, 2009             Nabuur.com                                                     Celebrate diversity with children's books
  • March 29, 2009           Nabuur.com                                                     People first language
  • March 15, 2009           Disability.org                                                   I have a voice
  • January 19, 2009        Newstin                                                            The continuing saga
  • January 19, 2009        Twine - Mobility Matters                                  The continuing saga
  • January 4, 2009          XAble                                                               The handicapped parking spot thing
  • December 7, 2008      Iconocast                                                         The formula plan doesn't work
  • September 2008         New York State DD Planning Council               When to offer help
  • August 8, 2008           Stumble Upon                                                   Hidden disabilities
  • August 6, 2008           Lawyer Central                                                 The ADA and employment
  • August 4, 2008           Program Development Associates Webletter When to offer help
  • August 2008               Life Without Limits: United Cerebral Palsy     The ADA and employment
  • July/Aug 2008            Disability Resource Digest                               The ADA and employment
  • July 22, 2008             Service Dog Central Community                      Are you really willing to help?
  • July 9, 2008               Lawyer Central                                                 Definition of disability
  • July 2, 2008               XAble                                                                Hidden disabilities
  • June 11, 2008            Nepacil Google Group                                      When to offer help
  • June 11, 2008            Northeast Pennsylvania Ctr Indep Living        When to offer help
  • February 13, 2008      Media dis&dat                                                   Not everyone who uses a wheelchair is paraplegic
  • February 12, 2008      Progress Now                                                    Not everyone who uses a wheelchair is paraplegic
  • January 20, 2008       The Special Parent                                            The greatest gift is not help
  • January 19, 2008       Disability News: Patricia E. Bauer                    The greatest gift is not help
  • January 2, 2008         Disability News: Patricia E. Bauer                    Pity is never appropriate
  • December 7, 2007     Recumbent Riders                                             No, I don't want you to push me
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