When you have a physical disability, everything in life is hard, and sometimes you get angry and frustrated with things that a non-disabled person wouldn't struggle with. Non-disabled people often expect disabled people to be happy all the time, and when we show any kind of frustration, they tell us that we should be more … Continue reading What I Do When My Disability Makes Me Angry And Frustrated
October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month. I live with a lot of health challenges, but my main disability is Spina Bifida, which is a neurological neural tube birth defect that occurs when the spinal cord does not close properly during pregnancy. There are many different forms of Spina Bifida, and some people have more health … Continue reading What I Would Tell Someone Newly Diagnosed With Spina Bifida
When you are disabled, sometimes it can be difficult to find activities to do with your friends because we live in an inaccessible world, and you have limitations that a non-disabled person would not have. Non-disabled people often want to include their disabled friends, but sometimes they don't know how because non-disabled people aren't accessibility … Continue reading Six Things You Can Do With Your Disabled Friends
If you don't already know, September is Pain Awareness Month. When you live with chronic pain, sometimes it can be difficult to take care of yourself because pain often prevents you from being able to take care of your basic self-care needs. I have lived with chronic pain for several years, and it has affected … Continue reading Self-care Tips For People In Pain
Disclaimer: This post was written to share my opinion on why I think people with endometriosis gain weight. I am not a doctor, and it is to be used for informational use only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. When you have endometriosis or any type of chronic illness, it often changes … Continue reading Why Does Endometriosis Cause Weight Gain?
Hip replacement surgery can improve the lives of people experiencing significant hip pain that cannot be improved with physical therapy. I had hip replacement surgery about five years ago because I was experiencing a lot of pain, and it was the only way to get out of my pain. Hip replacement surgery is a more … Continue reading Things I Miss About Life Before Hip Replacement Surgery
When I started my blog, I always knew that I was going to write about my disability because I live with a disability and know a lot about that, but I didn't think that I would be writing about chronic pain. Chronic pain is not something that I have always experienced, and not everyone with … Continue reading Why I Write About Pain
Disabled people often do not have a lot of non-disabled friends because non-disabled people sometimes isolate disabled people and want nothing to do with us. Non-disabled people can have great supportive disabled friends, but sometimes people don't know how to talk to us and think they have to treat disabled people in a completely different … Continue reading How To Be A Good Friend To Disabled People
September is Pain Awareness Month. Living with chronic pain is hard because you don't have as much energy to do basic tasks as someone without pain does, and it affects everything you do. People without chronic pain often do not truly understand the impact pain has on your life and sometimes think we can cure … Continue reading What I Wish People Understood About Chronic Pain
Non-disabled people often view assistive devices as restrictive and something bad because they don't truly understand how my assistive devices positively impact my life. As a physically disabled person, I don't view my assistive devices as something that is unfortunate that I have to use because assistive devices are freedom and give me independence I … Continue reading Things I Would Not Be Able To Do Without My Assistive Devices
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