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?
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
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 you are diagnosed with a disability, sometimes people think that their doctor will tell them everything they need to know to live well with a disability, and I only wish that were true. Doctors can help you improve your health by telling you about all the surgeries and medications that can improve your quality … Continue reading What Doctors Don’t Tell You About Disability
When you become a parent, one of the first things parents have to think about is what lessons they are going to teach their children. Good parents often will teach their kids good values but not all parents educate their children about disability because sometimes you don't have disabled children and think you don't have … Continue reading Disability Lessons I Would Teach My Children
Disabled people struggle with challenges that a non-disabled person will never fully understand, but that is okay because everyone has their own struggles. People sometimes think they need to relate to my disability to be able to connect with disabled people, and will claim to have a disability they clearly do not have. You don't … Continue reading How To Pick Out A Faker Who Claims To Have Spina Bifida
Disability acceptance can be difficult for disabled and chronically ill people because we live in a world that think there is something wrong with disabled people that needs to be fixed. Many disabled and chronically ill people have to learn to come to terms with their disabilities because a vast majority of disabilities have no … Continue reading How To Accept An Incurable Disability Or Chronic Illness
Disabled people are limited to some activities because, despite what some people believe, you can’t do whatever you put your mind to, and there are some things that your disability prevents you from doing, but that is okay because we find new things to enjoy. People sometimes think that disabled people are bothered by everything … Continue reading Six Things I Do Not Understand As A Disabled Person
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