If you weren't already aware, September is Chronic Pain Awareness Month! Chronic pain is frustrating to live with because the constant pain significantly affects your quality of life and people often don't believe pain that they cannot see. You have to constantly advocate for yourself to educate others because when it comes to pain, there … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned From Living With Pain
September is Hydrocephalus Awareness Month! I live with a condition called Hydrocephalus, which is a neurological disorder that happens when there is an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid deep within the brain. This fluid usually helps cushion your brain, but when there is too much, it puts pressure on your brain and will kill you … Continue reading Realities Of Living With Hydrocephalus
When you are disabled, there are plenty of things to be frustrated about because we live in an inaccessible world that is designed for non-disabled people. People sometimes think that disabled people hate everything about their lives and want to be cured because the media wrongly portrays the disabled community and makes people believe that … Continue reading What I Love About My Disability
When you first launch your blog, everyone will love it, but as time goes on and you become more popular, it is likely that you will attract a hater or two that has nothing better to do than bring you down. Some bloggers experience more trolls than others, and the longer you have been online, … Continue reading What Should You Do About Internet Trolls?
Pressure sores are common amongst people with Spina Bifida because a lot of people have very limited sensation in their tailbone area and easy to get a bad sore and not know it because you don't feel pain. I have some feeling in my tailbone area but it's not strong and it's easy for me … Continue reading How To Prevent Pressure Sores
September is Pain Awareness Month! I live with chronic pain because I have a couple of medical conditions such as Hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, and endometriosis amongst many others that can cause a lot of pain. Chronic pain does not affect everyone with Spina Bifida and most people with my disability do not live with pain, … Continue reading Is Chronic Pain Really That Invisible?
Social media makes it easy to entertain ourselves but there are times when social platforms are making updates, or the Internet is down because we lost power, and you don't have access to social media. People are addicted to their phones these days and don’t know what to do with themselves when they don’t have … Continue reading How To Entertain Yourself Without Social Media
Disabled people are not able to do things at the same capacity as non-disabled people can and sometimes have to ask for help on things that most people can do themselves because our disabilities prevent us from being able to do some tasks well. There is nothing wrong with needing to ask for help because … Continue reading Five Things Disabled People Should Not Feel Guilty About
When you are a new blogger with less than one-hundred posts, it is hard to come up with new ideas, and you probably have a bunch, but as you create more blog posts, it becomes a little bit harder to come up with new ideas, and you may struggle with writer's block. Bloggers sometimes do … Continue reading How To Beat Writer’s Block
When you are disabled, you often struggle with a lot of health challenges and for the most part, you are an expert at managing your symptoms because a lot of people have lived with them for their whole lives and have years of experience managing them. When you get a new diagnosis, it can be … Continue reading What To Do When You Have A New Diagnosis
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