Disclaimer: In this post, I am sharing a few things that I do to help me have a bowel movement when I am on my period. I am not a doctor, and this is to be used for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. When you are on your … Continue reading How I Have A Bowel Movement When I Am On My Period
Disclaimer: This post was written for informational use only because I am not a doctor and it is not substitute for medical advice. November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. When you have Hydrocephalus, it is common to develop a seizure disorder, but you don't need to have my disability to develop seizures, and it can happen … Continue reading What To Do If You Witness Someone Having A Seizure
Happy Halloween! Today, people will be dressing up in their favorite costumes to go to Halloween parties, and parents will be taking their children around to different houses trick-or treating to get some candy. If you are a last-minute kind of person and don't have a costume, you might think that sitting in a wheelchair … Continue reading Is Dressing Up As A Disabled Person For Halloween A Good Idea?
Halloween is tomorrow which means a lot of kids are going out trick or treating and getting more chocolate than they know what to do with. Most kids will get a stomachache when they eat too much chocolate but when you have a disability that makes you more prone to constipation it can be difficult … Continue reading How To Survive Halloween When You Struggle With Constipation
Diet culture is everywhere and can be harmful to anyone because it convinces you that unhealthy habits are healthy and makes people have unnecessary fear around food. It can be even more harmful for people with medical conditions who can't follow a restrictive diet because they have certain dietary restrictions. Diet culture affects everyone and … Continue reading How Diet Culture Affects People With Medical Conditions
Disability acceptance is difficult because disability is not accepted by society and is often seen as something bad that needs to be cured. Stoma acceptance can be even more difficult because most people don't see the good in a stoma and are horrified when you tell them you have a hole on your body that … Continue reading How I Learned To Accept My Stoma
When you start a blog, the first thing that every blogger has to think about is whether or not you are going to tell your family about your blog, because not all bloggers do, and a lot of people don't. Blogging about disability can be stressful because people who blog about health get more trolls … Continue reading Why I Told My Family About My Blog
When you have Spina Bifida, it is common for your bladder and bowel function to not work properly because when something affects your spine, it doesn't just give you back problems and other muscle groups can also be impacted. Chronic constipation will always be a part of my life because my bowels have never worked … Continue reading What I Wish People Understood About Living With Bowels That Don’t Work
Disabled people often have a harder time finding employment than non-disabled people because we face discrimination in job interviews that you would not experience without having a disability. The unemployment rate is higher amongst disabled people because non-disabled people often assume things that are not true and will hire a non-disabled applicant. I looked for … Continue reading Myths People Often Believe When Hiring Disabled People
When it comes to disability there are a lot of terms that disabled people can use to identify and there is no term that I can tell you that I think everyone should be using because everyone has different preferences and even though I use certain language when referring to my disability that doesn't mean … Continue reading Disability Terminology That Can Have A Negative Impact On Disabled People
