by Amelia Loken | Aug 29, 2026 | Writing Conferences
Fifteen years ago, my writing conference preparation lived in the kitchen pantry and the hallway closet. I had five young boys at home, and while my husband is a competent, loving parent, a three-day stretch without Mom was a massive disruption to the household...
by Amelia Loken | Jul 18, 2026 | Disability Models
When you’re just starting out with photography, you don’t automatically know how a wide‑angle lens stretches space or how a telephoto lens pulls distant mountains close. You’re experimenting—pointing the camera, clicking the shutter, discovering what happens. And it’s...
by Amelia Loken | Jun 20, 2026 | Disability Models
The Rights‑Based Disability Model starts with a bold truth: disabled people have inherent human rights, and any barrier that denies those rights is discrimination. This model reframes disability not as tragedy, charity, or medical defect, but as a matter of justice,...
by Amelia Loken | Jun 6, 2026 | Writing
Slow Productivity offers disabled writers a sustainable, disability‑justice–aligned way to build a writing life that actually lasts. In his book, titled Slow Productivity, Cal Newport writes: “Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality.” That line...
