Blogging can open a lot of opportunities that you would not have had without your blog, and it can be very rewarding to be able to help people in the comfort of your own home. Everyone is starting a blog or YouTube channel these days because people don't truly understand what it takes to build … Continue reading Realities Of Blogging No One Talks About
Pain changes a person, and you are not the same person you were before pain, because it affects every aspect of your life and changes the way you view the world. You spend so much time trying to figure out what triggers your pain because there is nothing worse than being stuck in bed because … Continue reading Things You Will Never See Me Do Because Of Pain
Non-disabled people sometimes think that disabled people are living the dream and have nothing to stress about because we don't have to work and they will say to us, "You are so lucky you don't have to work, and you have nothing to stress about." As a disabled person, I don't have work stress since … Continue reading Do I Have A Stress-Free Life?
When you have Spina Bifida, going to the bathroom often is difficult because sometimes your bladder and bowel muscles do not work. There are ways to manage these issues and stay out of the hospital, but often it can take hours to go to the bathroom. I am able to go to the bathroom independently … Continue reading What To Do If You Are Stuck In The Bathroom For A While
Families with disabled children know a lot about their child's disability, but knowing a disabled person does not make you an expert, and the only true disability experts are disabled people. Parents of disabled children do their best to teach their kids the right values, but sometimes families are ableist and do things that disabled … Continue reading What Disabled People Want Their Families To Know
When you have Spina Bifida, going to the bathroom can be difficult because, a lot of the time, your bladder and bowel muscles do not work in the way they are supposed to. There are surgeries that can help make going to the bathroom a little easier, but they are not cures by any means … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned From Living With A Stoma
Summer is here, which means a lot of people are going on vacation and traveling to visit friends and family. Vacations can be fun, but when you live with chronic pain, it can also be a little stressful because you may not be able to manage your pain as effectively on vacation like you would … Continue reading How To Travel With Chronic Pain
Non-disabled people sometimes think that the hardest part of a disability is the lack of cures and accepting the reality that you are not getting better. Disability acceptance is hard, but the lack of cures is not the hardest part of my disability, and as a matter of fact, I don't think about cures very … Continue reading Hardest Parts Of Being Disabled
Kids look up to their parents and the adult figures in their lives, and what we do in front of kids can either positively influence them or make them engage in bad behavior. I am not a parent, nor will I ever be, but I am an aunt to three nieces, and I do try … Continue reading Four Things I Will Never Say In Front Of Children
When you are disabled, life is harder than it is for non-disabled people because we live in an inaccessible world that makes it harder for disabled people to function than it has to be. It is easy to focus on all the struggles of a disability because disabled people are often isolated, and there are … Continue reading Six Things My Disability Has Taught Me
