Growing Pains Can Be a Real Headache with SMA
When I was a kid, I was skinny as a stick. Part of this was because…
Articles by Kevin Schaefer
Post-College Career Finds the Bright Side of a Broken System
I’ve known for a long time that my post-college life would be a little unorthodox compared to…
Do I Hate It when People Tell Me that I’m an Inspiration?
The other night I was hanging out with a friend from college at a downtown pub. As…
Caregivers: The Good, the Bad and the Crazy
Last fall, in a creative writing course, I wrote a fictional letter that was mostly a satirical…
How Science Fiction and Comedy Have Become Therapeutic
As much of a geek as I am, I can’t recall the first movie I saw in…
My First Trip Without Mom and Dad
I’m often asked by people how traveling works when you have SMA. The simple answer is that flying is a…
The Curveball, Part 2: Some are Worse Than Others
As I wrote in a previous column, the unpredictability associated with SMA is in many ways the hardest aspect of…
The Curveball, Part One: A Possibly Broken Leg
To say that SMA can throw a curveball at you at any given moment is like saying that the…
Portraying Disabilities in Comics: The Pros and Cons
A few weeks ago I had a conversation on Twitter with a guy about the recently announced Batgirl movie,…
Welcome to ‘Embracing My Inner Alien,’ a Column by Kevin Schaefer
One Wednesday night when I was in high school, either freshman or sophomore year, my youth pastor, Todd, said something…