Nov 29, 2012 | communicaiton, Disability and Relationships, Friends, Health, Journey, Mental Illness, overcoming challenges, Psychiatric Diagnosis |
“You are being closed minded and you’re not willing to budge!” “And you are making incorrect assumptions about things that you just don’t understand!” I was having a major disagreement with someone significant in my life, and I was...Oct 27, 2012 | Dancing, Friends, how to help, overcoming challenges, wheelchair dancing |
Okay. I have a confession to make. It is a simple truth about me that not many people know: I don’t like to ask for help. That seems strange for me to say, given that I require the assistance of caregivers to dress, put my shoes on, get in the shower and...Oct 19, 2012 | Friends, Questions |
I almost didn’t do it. The nerves in my stomach had generated an icy chill that was working its way from my gut to my heart and into my throat. On this otherwise balmy spring day, I was freezing. It had taken several weeks to gather what little daring I had, and if...Sep 29, 2012 | Accessibility, Accommodations, cerebral palsy, communicating respect, Friends, inclusion, Making people comfortable, Ms. Wheelchair America, Ms. Wheelchair America pageant, Ms. Wheelchair Kansas, power of touch, What some people don't think about |
Hopefully, most readers know a simple fact about me by now: I happen to embrace my disability. I’d be the first to tell you that there have been many times throughout my life when my situation has caused frustration and pain. However, I have also been able to...Sep 5, 2012 | Accessibility, changing perspectives, choices, compassion, disability humor, Events, Friends, Good Decisions, Helping people with disabilities, Learning to let go, overcoming challenges |
Life is not remembered in days; it is remembered in moments. There are embarrassing moments we would like to forget, and spectacular moments we always want to remember. This momentous day held a little bit of both. May 19th, 1990, dawned bright and clear. Spring, with...Sep 1, 2012 | Disability and Relationships, Friends, inclusion, Television |
When news of the new reality series “Push Girls” came out in the spring, I was intrigued, and eager to see where this adventure would take all the women involved, as well as all the people who were watching. The basis of the show is a friendship among four...