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Wiley’s Walk brings personal experience and thoughtful reflection to disability, health, access, public policy, faith, and everyday life.
Latest essays
New reflections on disability, health, access, and everyday life. Select an essay below to read the full piece.
- Disability and the Meaning of AchievementDisability can change the meaning people attach to an accomplishment, even though what the person achieved has not changed. Someone reaches a goal, finishes something difficult, or becomes better at what they do.
- Four and a Half HoursA last-minute appointment change, and the transportation, work, care, and coordination that move with it.
- How A Voice Takes ShapeSix pieces revisit early poems, classroom experiences, family, and the beginnings of Wiley’s Walk.
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Disability and inclusion
Thirteen personal essays on access, expectations, belonging, and the difference between being present and being included.
Cerebral palsy in adulthood
Six essays on experience, adaptation, care, and the questions that continue beyond childhood.
Ulnar nerve recovery
Seven essays following surgery, recovery, and the questions that came afterward.
How a Voice Takes Shape
Six pieces return to early poems, teachers, family, and the encouragement that helped Wiley’s Walk begin. Together, they show how the subjects and confidence behind the writing changed over time.
Five Essays on Change and Adaptation
Routines, shoes, a question about purpose, a poem, and a pear tree bring five different views of change together.
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