When your disabled you will face many challenges that you will have to learn to work through because they will be there whether or not you choose to accept it. Some disabilities have more developmental challenges and other people struggle more physically but whatever the...
Tag: congenital muscular dystrophy
When you are disabled sometimes your disability does not limit how much you can travel but sometimes it does and you’re not able to travel far. I am fortunate that I am able to travel as long as I bring the necessary equipment and someone...
Guest Post: Three Times Inaccessibility Had A Negative Impact On My Life
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
December 30, 2020
Accessibility does not end at ramps and when you are not easily accessible for a disabled person we feel excluded and it can have a huge negative impact on us. There have been a few times when Karly has had to deal with inaccessibility and...
Guest Post: How Muscular Dystrophy Shaped Me As A Person
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
November 14, 2020
Having a disability that progressively gets worse over time definitely has it’s challenges but it’s not as depressing as you may think.. When you are disabled you can use your disability to help others and without it you would be a completely different person. In...
Longest Birthday Text I Have Ever Written
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
September 7, 2020
Today my friend Karly turns twenty-six which means she is officially older than me! This coming August Karly and I would have been friends for ten years! I don’t get to see her as much as I would like but I could not ask for a...
Shopping at the mall with Karly is very different than it would be if I were to shop with an abled person. There are many things that an abled person might not think of when they go shopping that a person with a disability does....
The pi classroom back in high school was truly a horrible experience but one I could not avoid. Since I can do a lot of things on my own getting help from someone was like pulling teeth. Often times I refer high school as the...
How Are Muscular Dystrophy And Spina Bifida Different?
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
August 14, 2020
When people see two wheelchair users hanging out it is often assumed that our disability and challenges are the same but this is so far from the truth and many chronic conditions are very different from each other. Some wheelchair users have the ability to...
Today’s guest post was written by Karly and she talks about how her powerchair is different from my manual one. If you’ve been reading Sarah’s blog for a while, you know that she uses a manual wheelchair. I also use a wheelchair, but mine is very different....