Wheelchair Daddy: The Disabled Dad Guidebook Nobody Bothered to Write


The Disabled Dad Guidebook Nobody Bothered to Write

Published on June 4, 2026

Nobody hands you a guidebook when you become a dad, and when you’re a dad with a disability, it can feel like there should have been a special edition called The Disabled Dad Guidebook Nobody Bothered to Write tucked somewhere between the hospital discharge papers, the car seat instructions, and the tiny hat nobody can explain but everyone agrees is adorable.

Honestly, even if they did hand me that guidebook, I probably would have tossed it in a drawer next to the expired batteries, mystery cables, and one Allen wrench from a piece of furniture we assembled in 2009.

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