When you are disabled and have limited mobility, sometimes it can be more difficult to go to the bathroom because you can't exercise to the extent a non-disabled person can to prevent constipation. Incontinence is something that many people with Spina Bifida struggle with because often your bowels are impacted and you can't go to … Continue reading How To Support Someone Struggling With Incontinence
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis is a very painful condition when the tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in places where it does not belong. Endometriosis is not rare and affects about ten percent of people with a uterus worldwide, but it is often misunderstood in the medical community as just … Continue reading Why Does It Take Years To Get Diagnosed With Endometriosis?
Endometriosis is a very difficult and frustrating medical condition to live with because most people don't see how it affects every aspect of your life and think that it's just a bad period. Some people with endometriosis have less pain than others, but there is no cure, and people with endometriosis spend their whole lives … Continue reading How Endometriosis Pain Affects My Everyday Life
Social media makes it easy to share information online and make a little money if you become popular enough. I have a lot of respect for creators who put their lives online and talk about personal health issues to help others because it's not always easy to be vulnerable. Social media has a lot of … Continue reading Social Media Posts That Make Me Unfollow You
Disabled and chronically ill people often have to go to the doctor more often than non-disabled people because we have complex health issues that require multiple doctor's visits. Doctor's appointments are stressful for anyone, but they can be even more stressful for disabled people because sometimes non-disabled doctors assume we are unable to advocate for … Continue reading Why Disabled Voices Matter In Healthcare
Ableism negatively affects disabled people, but it's everywhere and is impossible to escape because anyone can be ableist, even disabled people. Most people are ableist, and a vast majority of the time, I don't think it's intentional, and they don't know what ableism is or realize how ableist they are. What is ableism? It is … Continue reading Some Of The Most Common Ableist Comments Disabled People Receive
When you are disabled, sometimes there are tasks that your disability prevents you from being able to do, and someone has to do them for you. Disability doesn't prevent you from doing everything, and there are some tasks that you technically can do, but it's not easy. As a physically disabled person, I struggle with … Continue reading Tasks That I Ask For Help On That I Technically Can Do
When you live with a painful condition such as endometriosis, people often think that the worst part is the pain itself. Living with pain is physically and mentally exhausting, but sometimes the pain itself is not the hardest part, and it is the struggles that are not talked about enough that you may not be … Continue reading What Is The Most Difficult Part Of Living With Endometriosis?
Disability advocacy is important because anyone can become disabled, and a more accessible world benefits everyone, not just disabled people. As a disabled person, I have been advocating for my needs my entire life because I have had no choice but, within the last seven and a half years, I decided to take my advocacy … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned With Years Of Online Advocacy
Happy New Year! It is that time of year when people make new goals and reflect on the things that they achieved this year, so you can try to do better next year. Non-disabled people often will have big accomplishments, but when you are disabled, you often can't achieve the things non-disabled people can and … Continue reading My Reflections Of 2025
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