Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Sq5jQwJ9GQ1HPb00GbguN?si=uAyMePh7T2yxE74UW4WrZg Non-disabled people often will view someone's success based on their job title, and although I do think that a well-paying job does make someone a success, I don't think that alone is what makes you successful. When you are disabled, a lot of the time, you don't have the best … Continue reading What Does Success Mean To Me?
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/6sUaRyE0zzRyIcTbiKydna?si=hTPGWxooQz6cx0IN9qTFsw Hip replacement surgery is a common medical procedure that some people may want to consider if they have damaged their hip joint, and exercise is not helping improve your pain. Most people who have hip replacement surgery are old, but you don't have to be a senior citizen to need … Continue reading How To Prepare For Hip Replacement Surgery
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QQvqVT2bTkmfK2reTYRAZ?si=mqtn-x-0QHGfBdr9DMRt9w When I started my blog, I knew from day one that I was going to talk about my disability to help others who do not have my disability understand the challenges of living with a physical disability and to be a support system for other disabled people. My disability has … Continue reading Why I Write About Things That Make Me Uncomfortable
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/60kIFCKH6rpsY9qmJoy23K?si=EovkMXIjSxWhqdImYKsbIw Disabled people want to be included, but often we aren't because not everything in life is accessible, and sometimes your disability prevents you from being able to participate in the same activities as your non-disabled friends. As a disabled person, I have accepted the fact that there are going to … Continue reading How To Support Your Disabled Friends
Listen To This Post! https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ultsebENoberW5umPVw8z?si=99raj1oMSJ2vuNxJnYN0jA July is Disability Pride Month. During the month of July, we celebrate Disability Pride Month, which is an opportunity to celebrate the history, challenges, and uniqueness of disabled people. Why do we celebrate Disability Pride Month in July? Disability Pride Month is celebrated in July because in July 1990, the … Continue reading What It Means To Have Disability Pride
Listen To This Post! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PGuyI4iL5ldV7J7n5RHqq?si=EwC3D0kaQCKppBGbycbLYg Hip replacement surgery is something that most people get when they are older, but you don't have to be old to need a hip replacement, and there are many reasons why someone may want one. I had hip replacement surgery a few years ago because I have a condition called … Continue reading How Do You Exercise After Hip Replacement Surgery?
Listen To This Post! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zRVtToU5oEnlOtYMChAh0?si=mzT1zvgSQwiunn5QOSdx6Q Disabled people often experience more discrimination than non-disabled people because disability is often wrongly portrayed in the media. People sometimes will believe things that are simply not true because they watched a TV program about a disabled person and thought that is what it is like to be disabled, which … Continue reading Disability Myths You Should Stop Believing
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/6J7f6l4N75YY9LGNEB3vNO?si=iAB4rhajT8eMQlVbkyRW1g Disabled people can do some tasks in the same way that non-disabled people can because being disabled does not mean you can't do anything. As a disabled person, I have accepted the fact that there are going to be a lot of things that my disability prevents me from doing … Continue reading Five Things I Can’t Do That I Wish I Could
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ODzGSintkeU0BrPEFUwe1?si=QX0QjFckRd6yJ3WE4AegyA Disabled children usually will not have a lot of questions about their disability when they are young, but if your child has any kind of awareness, eventually, they get to an age where they wonder why they are different from everyone else. The hardest job that parents of disabled children … Continue reading How To Tell Your Disabled Children They Are Not Getting Better
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