Wiley’s Walk
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Writing by Kerry Ann Wiley about disability, adaptation, participation, and the difference between access and inclusion.
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Cerebral Palsy in Adulthood: Six Essays
A new collection on Wiley’s Walk brings together six essays written from different points in that experience. They consider spasticity, footwear and adaptation, the limits of a clinical baseline, secondary conditions, and the difficulty of finding adult care that understands a lifelong…
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Revisiting Change, Adaptation, and What Comes Next
These five essays were written at different times, but each considers what happens when circumstances change and an established approach no longer fits. Wiley’s Walk is revisiting them because they speak to different stages of change. One begins with the difficulty of…
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The Expanded Inclusion Collection
Inclusion reaches beyond access. It is reflected in how people are heard, how decisions are made, whether accommodations are understood, and whether disability is considered from the beginning rather than addressed later. The essays in this collection examine those questions across health…
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The Ulnar Nerve Series: Surgery, Recovery, and the Questions That Followed
Seven essays about ulnar nerve damage, surgery, changes in function, and recovery when progress remains uncertain.
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Access in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now part of many of the digital services people use. People may encounter it while using a website or another online service without knowing exactly where AI is involved. The same is true of many smart devices, which…
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Somewhere Between Summer and Fall
Twenty-five September mornings have come and gone since a clear blue sky became part of our collective memory. This is for the people who were lost, the people who ran toward danger, and the people who reached for one another.
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Cerebral Palsy Is Lifelong. Is the Care?
Cerebral palsy (CP) is diagnosed in childhood. The need for knowledgeable medical care does not end when pediatric care ends. Recent research about childhood identification provides an opportunity to examine what is known about children with CP. It also points to what…
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Overshadowed
After ulnar nerve surgery, my left hand did not return to the level of function it had before. Tasks that had once been manageable began to require more effort, and some became difficult in ways that were new. Finding the cause became…
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The Problem With the Baseline
The waiting room was ordinary enough. People checked in, handed over insurance cards, completed forms, and waited for their names to be called. Patients were brought back in pairs, each moving through the same routine with little explanation. When my name was…
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Access Beyond Entry
A recent LinkedIn post by educational psychologist Dr. Keith Houghton begins with a statement he credits to Dr. Muna Abdi: “It is not inclusion if you invite people into a space you are unwilling to change” (Houghton, 2026). Dr. Houghton focuses on…