When you have Spina Bifida, going to the bathroom often is difficult because sometimes your bladder and bowel muscles do not work. There are ways to manage these issues and stay out of the hospital, but often it can take hours to go to the bathroom. I am able to go to the bathroom independently … Continue reading What To Do If You Are Stuck In The Bathroom For A While
Families with disabled children know a lot about their child's disability, but knowing a disabled person does not make you an expert, and the only true disability experts are disabled people. Parents of disabled children do their best to teach their kids the right values, but sometimes families are ableist and do things that disabled … Continue reading What Disabled People Want Their Families To Know
When you have Spina Bifida, going to the bathroom can be difficult because, a lot of the time, your bladder and bowel muscles do not work in the way they are supposed to. There are surgeries that can help make going to the bathroom a little easier, but they are not cures by any means … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned From Living With A Stoma
Summer is here, which means a lot of people are going on vacation and traveling to visit friends and family. Vacations can be fun, but when you live with chronic pain, it can also be a little stressful because you may not be able to manage your pain as effectively on vacation like you would … Continue reading How To Travel With Chronic Pain
Non-disabled people sometimes think that the hardest part of a disability is the lack of cures and accepting the reality that you are not getting better. Disability acceptance is hard, but the lack of cures is not the hardest part of my disability, and as a matter of fact, I don't think about cures very … Continue reading Hardest Parts Of Being Disabled
Exercise is important for your health and anyone who has the ability to exercise should make it part of their routine but not everyone does. Most people know the benefits of regular exercise but struggle to be consistent with their exercise routines because they use it as a form of self-punishment rather than self-care. People … Continue reading How To Make Fitness Fun
Kids look up to their parents and the adult figures in their lives, and what we do in front of kids can either positively influence them or make them engage in bad behavior. I am not a parent, nor will I ever be, but I am an aunt to three nieces, and I do try … Continue reading Four Things I Will Never Say In Front Of Children
When you are disabled, life is harder than it is for non-disabled people because we live in an inaccessible world that makes it harder for disabled people to function than it has to be. It is easy to focus on all the struggles of a disability because disabled people are often isolated, and there are … Continue reading Six Things My Disability Has Taught Me
People sometimes stress about things that are not within their control, that is not your fault, and you shouldn't be stressing, but you are human and sometimes stress about things you couldn't have changed. There are a lot of things in life that you may have some control over, but are not within your complete … Continue reading Five Things In Life You Can Control
Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional, and everything that is written in this post is to be used for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. May is Mental Health Awareness Month! When you live with pain, sometimes your mental health takes a hit because pain doesn't make … Continue reading How To Improve Your Mental Health When You Live With Pain
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