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Welcome! Ability Maine is a space for gathering and sharing information about living with disabilities. Our mission is to empower others by providing a useful and up-to-date collection of resources and services. All of our content is generated and/or curated by individuals within Maine’s disability communities.

Breath & Shadow is our quarterly literary journal, one of just a few in the world exclusively written and edited by people living with disabilities!

Breath & Shadow Fall 2020 Issue is Here!

Issue 4 of Volume 17 is now available to read here! This issue features: -"Monster" by Colleen Anderson -"The Unwelcome Destiny of Virg...

Breathing Lessons: A Review

A Review of Breathing Lessons, an early film about The Sessions' Mark O'Brien by Mike Reynolds The first time I heard of Mark O’Brien w...

Breath & Shadow Summer 2020 Issue is Here!

Issue 3 of Volume 17 is now available to read here! This issue features: -"Working At Life" by Joanne Alfano -"I Believe" by Dawn Vogel...

4:20 Story Hour with Mike Reynolds

Mike Reynolds will be live streaming a story hour at 4:20pm each day from May 5th through 7th. Tune in to our Facebook page to catch him ...

Breath & Shadow Spring 2020 Issue is Here!

Issue 2 of Volume 17 is now available to read here! This issue features: -"Ode to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" by Elizabeth Blackwell ...

Breath & Shadow Winter 2020 Issue is Here!

Issue 1 of Volume 17 is now available to read here! This issue features: -"Autism on the Rise" by David Rubin -"Broken Symphony" by Eli...

1997 Review of Staring Back

A culture is defined by the literature it produces. As a minority group, people with disabilities have, historically, been defined by wha...

Mike Reynolds Visits Colorado

The implementation of Recreational Marijuana Sales set to begin in Maine sometime within the next year. While the 2016 vote for legalizat...

Deadly Gas Explosion at Disability Nonprofit Leaves Farmington Devastated

On the morning of Monday, September 16th, the western Maine town of Farmington was rocked by a propane gas explosion that would level the...

Fries Lecture at Bowdoin

On October 21, Kenny Fries, an award winning writer of numerous books, essays, and poetry, spoke as part of Bowdoin College’s “Disability...

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