Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QQvqVT2bTkmfK2reTYRAZ?si=mqtn-x-0QHGfBdr9DMRt9w When I started my blog, I knew from day one that I was going to talk about my disability to help others who do not have my disability understand the challenges of living with a physical disability and to be a support system for other disabled people. My disability has … Continue reading Why I Write About Things That Make Me Uncomfortable
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/60kIFCKH6rpsY9qmJoy23K?si=EovkMXIjSxWhqdImYKsbIw Disabled people want to be included, but often we aren't because not everything in life is accessible, and sometimes your disability prevents you from being able to participate in the same activities as your non-disabled friends. As a disabled person, I have accepted the fact that there are going to … Continue reading How To Support Your Disabled Friends
Listen To This Post! https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ultsebENoberW5umPVw8z?si=99raj1oMSJ2vuNxJnYN0jA July is Disability Pride Month. During the month of July, we celebrate Disability Pride Month, which is an opportunity to celebrate the history, challenges, and uniqueness of disabled people. Why do we celebrate Disability Pride Month in July? Disability Pride Month is celebrated in July because in July 1990, the … Continue reading What It Means To Have Disability Pride
Listen To This Post! https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tVVTktkzw6TUtdCHq8Hcr?si=yh7Mi1u2RE6L1J2jLLeRGw People who wake up before noon get more done throughout the day than someone who doesn't wake up until later in the afternoon, because you have more daylight hours, but not everyone is a morning person. When I wake up earlier, I get more done, but I don’t know if … Continue reading How To Be A Morning Person
Listen To This Post! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PGuyI4iL5ldV7J7n5RHqq?si=EwC3D0kaQCKppBGbycbLYg Hip replacement surgery is something that most people get when they are older, but you don't have to be old to need a hip replacement, and there are many reasons why someone may want one. I had hip replacement surgery a few years ago because I have a condition called … Continue reading How Do You Exercise After Hip Replacement Surgery?
Listen To This Post! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zRVtToU5oEnlOtYMChAh0?si=mzT1zvgSQwiunn5QOSdx6Q Disabled people often experience more discrimination than non-disabled people because disability is often wrongly portrayed in the media. People sometimes will believe things that are simply not true because they watched a TV program about a disabled person and thought that is what it is like to be disabled, which … Continue reading Disability Myths You Should Stop Believing
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ODzGSintkeU0BrPEFUwe1?si=QX0QjFckRd6yJ3WE4AegyA Disabled children usually will not have a lot of questions about their disability when they are young, but if your child has any kind of awareness, eventually, they get to an age where they wonder why they are different from everyone else. The hardest job that parents of disabled children … Continue reading How To Tell Your Disabled Children They Are Not Getting Better
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Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SIej6AyCnTHvI9N2VhIvU?si=F_M0kT1QSeeZfhrQEAbasA When you have a physical disability, every day tasks such as cooking are more difficult, but even though something is harder, that doesn't mean you don't have to do it, because even disabled people still have to eat. People with physical disabilities sometimes have a harder time using kitchen appliances … Continue reading How To Be Safe In The Kitchen When You Have A Physical Disability
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CQsBbfRhQhE2tXfOk8zfO?si=LRe9oKTlQda32eYG-cgHXg When you are disabled, it is easy to focus only on the negatives of your disability because we live in an inaccessible world and there are more negatives than positives, but the positives do exist. As a disabled person, I am not in denial of the negatives of my disability … Continue reading Five Positives Of My Disability
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