About me...
I am an archivist and historian with two kids.
This work is important to me because as an archivist I know who brings their stories to the archives: the folks that have already hit those traditional markers of success.
And as a mom I have empty baby books. Their emphasis on typical milestones that my kid didn’t reach, or didn’t reach in the spot where the baby book put them, made them hard to fill and more depressing than victorious.
As a mom I also know that when there is a discussion of special needs, neuroatypical, medical, or disabled kids, there is a mom behind that warriorchild. Special moms have curtailed their career aspirations, or quit altogether, to support their kids. Often we cannot tell the history of our kids without telling part of our own history -- and they may weave together and come apart in different ways over the years.
My work is a response to that.
Angela Todd