Jan 15, 2018 | Accessibility, Accommodations, Advocacy, Attitudes, Disabilitiy, Discrimination, inclusion |
I’ve been thinking often for the past few days about today being Martin Luther King Day. Dr. King had a dream. That all people would be treated equally regardless of the color of their skin. That there would be no prejudice, no preconceived ideas. That nobody...
Jul 2, 2016 | Ableism, Attitudes, changing perspectives, communicaiton, communicating respect, CP, Disability and Relationships, disability etiquette, Good Memories |
Picture it. Me, a seventeen-year-old recent high school graduate, ready to leave behind everything familiar, and looking forward to my future with equal parts excitement and terror. But that wasn’t going to happen for a few months yet. It was early on a summer...
Jun 3, 2016 | caregivers, Friends, Good Memories, Laughter, overcoming challenges |
It’s becoming a habit every summer. One that I could get used to. My friend Dale, who is a teacher and a coach by trade, comes up to Lawrence for three days a week, several weeks in a row, and he works as my caregiver. The arrangement came about last year. I was...
May 16, 2016 | Friends, Getting to know people, Laughter, What some people don't think about |
All of my adult life I have tried to embrace diversity, and encouraged others to do the same. The logic goes like this. If one of my purposes in life is to break down barriers between people with disabilities and those without disabilities, then accepting differences...
Sep 9, 2012 | Disabled Sports, Events, exercise for people with disabilities, Learning to let go, people with disabilities |
Towards the end of the summer of every fourth year, the Olympics is an event that I always look forward to. There is something special about hearing the stories of athletes from all over the world, who have overcome obstacles and put in countless hours of training so...
