If you are disabled it is likely that you have been cornered in a store by a non-disabled person who insisted that you need prayer. Most of the time, this happens to people with visible disabilities because people can see you are disabled, but it can happen to any disabled person. As a disabled Christian, … Continue reading Can I Pray For You?
When you are disabled or chronically ill sometimes you have to go to the doctor or hospital more often than non-disabled people to manage your health. Some disabled people spend a lot of time at the hospital but not everyone with a disability has a lot of hospitalization and it depends on what disability you … Continue reading What Is In My Hospital Bag?
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 health advice than someone with an invisible disability, because we don't have the privilege of being able to … Continue reading Why I Don’t Like Unsolicited Health Advice
Disabled people sometimes struggle to accept their disability because we live in a society where people think that disabled people need to be fixed. Disability acceptance isn't just for disabled people, and sometimes families struggle to accept their loved one's disability more than the disabled person who is affected by it. Parents of disabled children … Continue reading How Parents Can Feel Less Guilty About Their Child’s Disability
Accessibility is important for disabled people because we can't function without it, but non-disabled people often think that it's an inconvenience and is something we can do if we want to. Everyone should care about accessibility, and it hurts disabled people when you say that accessibility is not important to you because it tells me … Continue reading Why Should You Care About Accessibility?
When you have a physical disability, simple tasks that come easily to most people can be more challenging when you don't have as much stability as everyone else. It is frustrating to have a visible physical disability because when people see your disability, a lot of the time it is assumed you are incapable and … Continue reading What People With Physical Disabilities Wish Their Friends Understood
Disabled people sometimes need to see more doctors than non-disabled people because a lot of the time we have very complex medical issues that require more specialized training than your primary care doctor can give you. When you have Spina Bifida, sometimes you have to see multiple doctors because you can have multiple muscle groups … Continue reading Specialists That I See As A Disabled Person
Chronic pain changes your life and impacts everything you do because people with pain have to think before doing the simplest task in order to prevent the pain from getting worse. Some people with Spina Bifida have chronic pain, but in my experience, most people who I have met with my disability do not live … Continue reading Five Things I Took For Granted Before Pain
Disabled people are often approached by non-disabled people and told that they wish they didn't have work and that we are basically on vacation all of the time. It is always funny to me when non-disabled people compare disability to being on vacation because clearly you have never been on vacation and been disabled because … Continue reading Is Disability Like Being On Vacation?
If you are disabled, it is likely that you have had a conversation with a non-disabled person about cures because a lot of the time non-disabled people struggle to see how anyone could be happy with disability and think we need one. As a disabled person, I have been very vocal about my opinion on … Continue reading Am I Against Cures?
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