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Wiley’s Walk features essays on disability, health, access, public policy, and faith.
Latest essays
- October Awareness, Individual ExperiencesOctober includes several disability awareness observances, each recognizing a community with its own experiences and concerns. Down Syndrome Awareness Month and Spina Bifida Awareness Month bring attention to people living with these conditions.
- Silence LingersAn old notebook held words whose meaning changed with time. Revisiting them brought unasked questions into sharper focus, along with the choice to leave some experiences unexplained.
- Access and Participation: Revisiting InclusionThis essay was published in July 2022. I am revisiting it in 2026 because its questions begin with everyday experiences: entering a building, finding usable information, and taking part in an activity.
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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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