Dec 30, 2014 | Attitudes, communicating respect, CP, Dancing, disability etiquette, negative perceptions |
It was a summer evening a few years back. The days were long and green outside and a new caregiver was still green around the ears. He had just started the process of learning the ropes. The sun was setting and we had just finished making dinner on that particular...
Dec 4, 2014 | changing perspectives, CP, Making Changes, Ms. Wheelchair America, Ms. Wheelchair America pageant, Ms. Wheelchair Kansas, MWA, negative perceptions |
In 1974, at six years old, I saw myself as pretty typical. However, much of the world saw me as “Tiny Tim.” I was a scrawny kid with skinny arms and legs, pigtails in my hair and a smile that was waiting for the tooth fairy. Because of the cerebral palsy...
Aug 7, 2014 | Accommodations, CP, Disabilitiy, Education, inclusion, Lessons |
Toward the end of July in 1990, I was a twenty-one-year-old recent college graduate who was struggling to find my place in the world. I had picked the college that I had attended based on the compact campus, and because, at the time, it was known as one of the...
Mar 16, 2013 | Attitudes, choices, communicating respect, compassion, CP, Disabilitiy, Disability and Relationships, Friends, Get To Know Me, Good Decisions, inclusion, Laughter, Learning to let go, Lessons, negative perceptions, Starting Over |
Quirks fascinate me. What motivates some people to tap their fingers incessantly, or wear different colored socks is intriguing. I have always thought of quirks as fingerprints, characteristics that make each one of us unique in our complexity, with a collection of...
Jul 13, 2012 | cerebral palsy, changing perspectives, compassion, CP, Disabilitiy, Family, Irony, Kids, kids with disabilities, Learning to let go, overcoming challenges, Physical therapy, What some people don't think about |
When I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at eighteen months of age, my family embarked on a whole new world. This strange new place was one where my parents had never been before. “Disability” became part of their everyday vocabulary, as their child had...
Jul 6, 2012 | changing perspectives, CP, Disabilitiy, Disability Blogs, Diversity, inclusion, Introduction, people with disabilities, Questions, service dogs, Sports, Television, What some people don't think about, wheelchair dancing |
A warm hello to my readers! Thank you so much for stopping by… Allow me to tell you a bit about myself. I am a wheelchair user in my 40’s, affected by Cerebral Palsy. One of my favorite things to do is give seminars on disability awareness and disability...
