Dec 28, 2018 | Advocacy, Beginnings, doctors, hospitals, Independence, Medicaid |
2018 was similar to other years. Full of ups and downs, trials and triumphs, heartache and happiness. As the year comes to a close I find myself reflecting on the things that have past and also anticipating the things to come. I wrote a book. More the Same than...
Oct 21, 2017 | Ableism, Accessibility, choices, Disabilitiy, Government benefits, Medicaid, Medicare, National ADAPT |
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...
Jul 7, 2017 | Ableism, Advocacy, America, choices, Disabilitiy, inclusion, Medicaid, National ADAPT |
There were several videos I watched about the protests. I was fascinated. 10 protesters with disabilities from the Colorado chapter of ADAPT (a disability rights organization) sat in the lobby of Senator Cory Garner’s office for 59 hours (In those 59 hours many laid...
Jun 26, 2017 | Advocacy, America, compassion, Disabilitiy, Government benefits, Government Programs, Helping people with disabilities, inclusion, McDonalds, Medicaid, service dogs |
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...
Jun 21, 2017 | Ableism, caregivers, choices, Disabilitiy, Government Programs, Medicaid, Ms. Wheelchair America pageant, negative perceptions |
It was a promise that I made a long time ago, and even if it is uncomfortable sometimes and might go against my grain, it is a promise that I intend to keep. July 28th, 2007 was a good day for me. I had spent the previous week at the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant and...
Apr 3, 2017 | Advocacy, cerebral palsy, Disabilitiy, Government Programs, Independence, Medicaid |
In one of my college classes, someone shared his opinion that when Patrick Henry said “give me liberty or give me death,” he meant that if he could not be in control of his life, then he didn’t want to live. On March 27th, Mark Smith, a businessman...
