When you are in pain and go to the doctor it is likely that you have been shown the pain scale and asked to rank your pain from zero to ten. As a disabled person who has had many very painful surgeries, I am very familiar with the pain scale and have had to rank … Continue reading How I Feel About The Pain Scale
When you are a content creator, you are often very open about personal things going on in your life because you have to be able to connect with your readers to grow your blog. Content creators put a lot online and sometimes people think they know you and will ask you questions that you are … Continue reading How To Set Boundaries For Yourself Online
Doctors are necessary in healthcare because if it wasn't for people spending years of their life studying medicine a lot of people would not live very long. As a disabled person, I could never become a surgeon because I don't have the brains or stomach to cut people open for a living, but I do … Continue reading Five Things Doctors Should Never Say To Patients
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
If you have been exercising consistently there is nothing more frustrating than doing a ton of hard workouts and not getting the results you are working towards. It is hard to improve your fitness level and takes a lot of time and consistency because your physical health will not improve overnight like people want it … Continue reading Mistakes I Have Made In Fitness So You Don’t Have To
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
When you are a content creator and blog about health it is so important that you be as open as you feel comfortable but at the same time, you need to set boundaries for yourself because there are some things you should not share publicly and keep private. As a disabled blogger, I am open … Continue reading Five Things I Never Share Publicly
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?
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