Arielle Dance, PhD Non-Member Joined 2025

Writer, disabled dancer, lover of golden yellow

Fiction Poetry Nonfiction

Arielle Dance, PhD, lives in New Jersey with her wife and chihuahua-terrier. Dr. Dance is a writer on topics of disabilities, grief, and self-advocacy. As the staff writer for Diversability and a freelancer, she is published across multiple platforms with notable articles in the Harvard Business Review, Everyday Health, and Society for Women's Health Research. Her award-winning children’s book, Dearest One, focuses on words of wisdom from a grandmother. Her manuscript, Miss Mimi's Welcomes All, won second place in the 2023 Black Voices in Children's Literature Writing Contest. Most recently, Dr. Dance's poetry can be found in Ave Astra, Howl & Hold: Feral Grief Zine, and Voices Unheard. Her personal essay, Grief of Parenthood, was published as a part of HerStry’s motherhood series. To learn more, visit www.drarielledance.com and @DrDanceWrites on Instagram.

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