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270<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">The physical, mental, and emotional benefits of access to nature are widely known, yet communities that need these benefits the most are often excluded from outdoor spaces. What does accessibility in the outdoors actually mean, and how can it be improved for all people with disabilities? </p></div>
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280<figure class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><img decoding="async" width="588" height="306" src="https://rootedinrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shutterstock_1715110129-588x306.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="A CCTV camera encased in white plastic in front of blurred green trees. The black lens reflects the city it surveils." style="object-fit:cover;" /></figure>
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282<h2 class="h3 wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://rootedinrights.org/performance-of-motherhood-disability-surveillance-and-the-fight-for-home/" target="_self" >Performance of Motherhood: Disability, Surveillance, and The Fight for Home</a></h2>
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284<div class="taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms"><a href="https://rootedinrights.org/stories/blog/topics/community-living/" rel="tag">Community Living</a><span class="wp-block-post-terms__separator">, </span><a href="https://rootedinrights.org/stories/blog/topics/discrimination-and-stigma/" rel="tag">Discrimination and Stigma</a><span class="wp-block-post-terms__separator">, </span><a href="https://rootedinrights.org/stories/blog/topics/family/" rel="tag">Family</a></div>
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286<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">It was the day my son was supposed to be discharged from the hospital, and the doctor stood at the foot of the bed. He was kind and thorough, and he acknowledged that my son was happy, well-nourished, and clearly loved. Then came the question he said he was “required” to ask: &#8220;Have you considered&hellip; </p></div>
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302<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Parenting Without Pity Parenting Without Pity&nbsp;is a storytelling project where disabled parents draw from our own experiences of disability to help parents be better allies for their disabled children. In the series, we ask disabled parents about their own childhoods and what they wish their parents would have known. We also ask how they identify&hellip; </p></div>
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