I am fluent in languagesnot like English, Français, or Gaeilge.I mean the social languagesyou constructed beforeand built duringmy time. There were no classes to teach meall of the facial expressions, subtext,and the unspoken assumptions.I learned by mistakesand the shunningthat followed. To survive and be acceptedI refused to give up; I mastered them.Even though I despised …
Hey, I wrote a thing and it got published in Disability Acts! To Get to the Other Side is available right now! (I originally wrote this in 2017 but expanded the story upon the advice of the excellent editors I worked with.) Cheers, Cait G
Someone you say is crazy rich can also be extremely wealthy Something you say is stupid can also be so frustrating Someone you say is an idiot can also be a real jerk Something you say is foolish can also be quite risky Someone you say is so OCD can also be a person who …
Steps One foot in front of the other hurts. My gait is off. The people on the street see me stagger. I know they think I'm drunk. My two legs have to become three. One is a stick. It propels me forward but there's still pain. If I stand still, I fall. I'm now propped …
Cait Gordon—author and editor 