Aimee Seiff Christian
Cognoscenti contributor
Aimee Seiff Christian lives in the Boston area and is a current Pauline Scheer fellow at Grub Street, where she is working on a memoir. Aimee is a freelance writer who has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Romper.com and PopSugar Family. All of her published essays are compiled on her website, aimeechristian.net.
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I loved Sinéad for her wild courage and rage
Sinéad helped me understand myself at a time when it didn't feel safe to question my sexuality, writes Aimee Seiff Christian.
'You don’t have to be like everyone else,' I tell my daughter. I hope she can believe me
My daughter, John Fetterman and other disabled people are not asking for accommodation, writes Aimee Seiff Christian. They are asking for what everyone wants.
How COVID Helped Me Show My Parents I Loved Them
My father’s health took a dramatic nosedive and it didn’t matter that I lived 200 miles away, or that we were all on lockdown, writes Aimee Christian.
Swimmer Becca Meyers' Ordeal Shows Even The Paralympics Doesn't Listen To Disabled People
By refusing Becca Meyers, a deaf-blind swimmer, a personal care attendant, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee is treating her like a burden, writes Aimee Christian. That's the very behavior...
My Disabled Daughter Showed Me That None Of Us Are Independent
Aimee Christian had long pushed independence for her 9-year-old daughter, Freyja, who has a neurological disorder. Then a conversation made Christian question that goal for her daughter -- and herself....
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What Norton Juster's 'The Phantom Tollbooth' Taught Me About This Life
Aimee Christian read "The Phantom Tollbooth" for the first time in fifth grade. Nearly 40 years later, the book remains her favorite. Here, she remembers the book and its author,...