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Pen 2 Paper: The Ones that Got Away March

A story that we loved, but didn't make it to our 2017 finalist list: Running Away from Home by Julie Whitehead.​

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CTD40: Kenneth’s Story

Some reflections from long time partner Kenneth Semien Sr. of the American Council of the Blind of Texas. Read more about CTD40: Kenneth’s Story

Pen 2 Paper: The Ones that Got Away February

Two poems that we loved, but didn't make it to our 2017 finalist list: Trauma's Shadow by Kae Bucher, and The Imperfect World, by Dr. Archana Kadam.

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CTD40: 1983, A Banner Year for CTD

​A CTD founder, Larry Johnson remembers the Disabled, but Able to Vote Campaign and other CTD successes from our early years.

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CTD40: A Poetic Love Affair

New in our CTD40 blog series: poet and activist Maria Palacios on her "poetic love affair" with our Pen 2 Paper creative writing contest. Read more about CTD40: A Poetic Love Affair

CTD40: Inaugural Stories

​Introducing the CTD40 blog series, collecting the stories from our friends, colleagues, founders, supporters, and the people we serve about our shared history.

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In Memory of Marshall Mitchell

A tribute to a Texas pioneer of disability advocacy and early CTD leader.

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Pen 2 Paper: The Ones that Got Away January

Two pieces of short fiction that we loved, but didn't make it to our 2017 finalist list: Karma's Rendezvous by Jeffrey G. Roberts, and Dear God, Who Gets on My Nerves, by Nicole Cortichiato.

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CTD40: 40 stories for 40 years

To celebrate our ruby anniversary, we ran the CTD40 blog series, which collected stories from our friends, colleagues, founders, supporters, and the people we serve about our shared history.

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Pen 2 Paper: The Ones that Got Away

16 pieces that we loved from the 2017 Pen 2 Paper entries, but that didn’t make it to the finalist list.

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