If you want to be as healthy as possible and lessen the likelihood of diseases, it is so important that you do what it takes to be as healthy as possible and practice healthy habits. It is hard to improve your health, and sometimes we have to do things that we know are good for … Continue reading Things I Don’t Like Doing But I Do Anyway
Category: Disability
Why I Don’t Use Dating Apps To Find Love
February is National Heart Month! Dating apps have made it very easy for people to find their soul mates, and over fifty percent of people find their life-long partners online. I am not against people using dating apps and think they can be a great option for a vast majority of non-disabled people, but because … Continue reading Why I Don’t Use Dating Apps To Find Love
How I Feel About The Pain Scale
When you are in pain and go to the doctor, it is likely that you have been shown the pain scale and asked to rank your pain from zero to ten. As a disabled person who has had many very painful surgeries, I am very familiar with the pain scale and have had to rank … Continue reading How I Feel About The Pain Scale
Five Things Doctors Should Never Say To Patients
Doctors are necessary in healthcare because if it weren't for people spending years of their lives studying medicine, a lot of people would not live very long. As a disabled person, I could never become a surgeon because I don't have the brains or stomach to cut people open for a living, but I do … Continue reading Five Things Doctors Should Never Say To Patients
Can I Pray For You?
If you are disabled, you have likely been cornered in a store by a non-disabled person who has insisted that you need to pray for healing of your disability. People with visible disabilities have more experiences like this because you look disabled, but it can happen to any disabled person. As a disabled Christian, I … Continue reading Can I Pray For You?
What Is In My Hospital Bag?
When you are disabled or chronically ill, sometimes you have to go to the doctor or hospital more often than non-disabled people because sometimes you have health issues that require a surgery or two. Some disabled people spend a lot of time at the hospital, but not everyone with a disability has a lot of … Continue reading What Is In My Hospital Bag?
Why I Don’t Like Unsolicited Health Advice
If you are disabled, it is likely that you have been approached by a non-disabled person and have been given some kind of unsolicited health advice. Disabled people with more visible disabilities often will be given more unsolicited health advice than someone with an invisible disability, because we don't have the privilege of being able … Continue reading Why I Don’t Like Unsolicited Health Advice
How Parents Can Feel Less Guilty About Their Child’s Disability
Disabled people sometimes struggle to accept their disability because we live in a society where disability is something bad that needs to be fixed. Disability acceptance isn't something only disabled people struggle with and sometimes families struggle to accept their loved one's disability more than disabled people themselves. Parents of disabled children sometimes have a … Continue reading How Parents Can Feel Less Guilty About Their Child’s Disability
Five Things I Never Share Publicly
When you are a content creator and blog about health, it is so important that you be as open as you feel comfortable, but at the same time, you need to set boundaries for yourself because there are some things that don’t need to be made public. As a disabled blogger, I am open about … Continue reading Five Things I Never Share Publicly
Why Should You Care About Accessibility?
Accessibility is important for disabled people because we can't function without it, but it’s not just for disabled people and everyone benefits from a more accessible world.. Everyone should care about accessibility, and it hurts disabled people when you say that accessibility is an inconvenience because it tells me that you don't care if my … Continue reading Why Should You Care About Accessibility?