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I ADAPT!

Oct 21, 2017 | Ableism, Accessibility, choices, Disabilitiy, Government benefits, Medicaid, Medicare, National ADAPT | 0 comments

  We will ride! We will ride!   I must have shouted that phrase thousands of times on that summer afternoon, the blazing sun created an intense heat that only magnified the issue at hand. I was part of a group of people with disabilities that were protesting...

This is the Life that I Fought For

Oct 3, 2017 | Ableism, Advocacy, caregivers, cerebral palsy, Disabilitiy, Government benefits, Physical therapy, premature babies | 1 comment

In the late night hours of October 3rd, 1968, my mom went into labor. With me. It caught everyone off guard because I wasn’t due for another ten weeks or so. But, I guess even then, my stubborn streak showed itself as I made my way into the world early the next...

In My Own Home.

Jun 26, 2017 | Advocacy, America, compassion, Disabilitiy, Government benefits, Government Programs, Helping people with disabilities, inclusion, McDonalds, Medicaid, service dogs | 0 comments

It’s time for me to share a story.  No, this one doesn’t have handsome princes or fairy godmothers waving magic wands.  Although I wish it did.  That would be so much easier. This is my Medicaid story, and I want to share it in order to put a human face behind the...

Not the Sidelines

Feb 12, 2017 | Advocacy, caregivers, Disabilitiy, Facing a fear, Government benefits, Government Programs, inclusion, Medicaid | 0 comments

It is a lesson I learned when I was about fourteen years old. About halfway through my freshman year in high school, I started going to the varsity basketball games. Some friends of mine were on the team and I liked to attend so that I could cheer them on. Up until...

Dorothy, Are You Sure?

Apr 14, 2015 | communicating respect, Government benefits, Government Programs, Medicaid, Medicare | 2 comments

Dorothy wanted to go back to Kansas.  In her quest to do so she found some friends that needed a heart, a brain, and some courage. Let’s get something straight.  I like to work, and I like to work hard.  If I had my way, I would find a full-time job with the...

Wait In Line

May 26, 2013 | Accommodations, Disabilitiy, Government benefits, Government Programs, Parking Signs | 3 comments

At first, I thought it was a joke, easily dismissing it as something somebody must have made up.  It was too outrageous otherwise.  But when I saw the story all over facebook, and on websites I frequent as a wheelchair user, I started to pay attention. People with...
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