Getting a New Wheelchair Shouldn’t Be This Hard

My name is Erica Mones and I am a 24-year-old woman with cerebral palsy. I am currently in the process …

Dear Able-bodied People

Dear able-bodied people, I’m exhausted. It’s a fatigue I’ve never felt before—not from the extra energy I use because of …

About

Erica Mones is a writer, podcaster, YouTuber, and disability activist from Long Island, NY. Her work has been published in …

No Standing Ovations Please Podcast Transcript Ep. 3: Stuttering

Hello, you are listening to the No Standing Ovations Please podcast Episode 3, and I am Erica Mones, your host. …

Madison Cawthorn, Inspiration Porn, and (internalized) Ableism

I wish Cawthorn used his platform to undermine ableism by showing his political party that not everyone can stand, and that is okay. I wish he showed the GOP that it is okay to be Disabled. I wish he acted as a role model to Disabled children, showing that he doesn’t have to perform able-bodiedness in order to be a leader. He can lead just as efficiently from a chair. There is enough pressure on Disabled children without having someone like Cawthorn standing and catering to able-bodied norms.

No Standing Ovations Please Transcript Ep 2

Hi, my name is Erica Mones, and you are listening to the No Standing Ovations Please podcast. This is my …

Not Your Sacrificial Lamb: Some Thoughts About COVID-19 and Disability

       With COVID-19 and the talk of rationing medical care, it is more important than ever to discuss ableism and the …

Strollers Detract From Disability Rights

    One of the arguments often advanced in the case for disability rights and accessibility is that certain features of accessibility …

In Defense of Sitting

Yesterday, I saw a video of a disabled man standing up from his wheelchair to dance with his bride at …

Disability and Loneliness

I sit here writing this as a twenty-one-year-old disabled woman, yet I feel like a twelve-year-old girl. Today, like many …