Welcome to the LAMN Community Blog

This is your space for all things community at Laughing At My Nightmare (LAMN). Here, we share stories, updates, and voices from across the disability community including posts from our Board Chair, Tye Martin, and contributions from YOU, our amazing supporters and followers.

From personal essays and life updates to highlights of the impact your support makes possible, this blog is where humor meets honesty, and community meets action.

Check out our ongoing series “Tye’d and True” for a behind-the-scenes look at Tye’s journey and keep an eye out for features from fellow community members who are laughing through the chaos right alongside us.

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When the World Got Quieter: Finding Curiosity, Grief, and Community in the In-Between

I wasn’t born Deaf, but in my early thirties, the universe decided to turn down the volume on me. I’m what’s known as late-deafened and nearly a decade later, I’m still learning what that means for me. I still have hearing on my right side, and I wear hearing aids that are both miraculous and confusing because you can’t amplify one sound without amplifying them all simultaneously (like that one time the screech of food court smoothie bar blenders absolutely took me out). I’m

Shelby Childs

7 days ago2 min read

A young woman white woman with blonde hair and a dark blue blouse is pictured in her electric wheelchair. She is in front of old windows in what appears to be a historical building.

Order in the Court (and Maybe Some Cupcakes): A LAMN Scholar’s Final Year at Yale

As she enters her final year at Yale Law School, one of our incredible LAMN Scholars is continuing to blaze a trail for disability justice. After a summer in Boston working in health law, she’s now diving into a research project examining how the American healthcare system perpetuates the disability poverty trap—all while wrapping up her role with the Yale Law Journal, mentoring future leaders through the Disabled Law Students Association, and, when time allows, squeezing in