Nikki Zimmerman is an author and an advocate for straight talk about disabilities in America. You can learn more on this site about her first book, A Life with Riley, and her upcoming book, Moments with Riley. Nikki is also the founder of Out of Step, a national nonpartisan advocacy organization that is aiming to change the conversation about disabilities.

Unconditional love

March 25, 2011

Here is an audio done by NPR’s This American Life: http:// www. thisamericanlife .org/ You can hear it by selecting “play episode”. The whole hour is good, but depending [...]

Out of Step

January 31, 2011

It’s time to get past the rhetoric about disabilities in America. The facts are skewed and people are in need! There are between 48 and 59 million disabled people [...]

Sanctimonious

January 31, 2011

The more I talk to people about this project and their frustrations with the systems and social power with which the community at large governs people with disabilities and/or [...]