I preface this blog by stating it is written from my personal and dozens of other spinal cord injury folk’s perspectives with respect to … Read the rest
Being In a Wheelchair Makes You an Inspiration or No?
It’s likely anyone with a visible disability or difference has been told by a complete stranger, “You’re such an inspiration.”
Most … Read the rest
Trump’s Hostility Toward Immigrants Hurting Disabled
A year ago, I was accepted into a buy-in Medicaid program for disabled working … Read the rest
Alana Wallace – Sassy, Single and 66!
Alana Wallace is a powerful woman. She is a successful, beautiful, talented, adventurous 66-year-old woman who is living life to its fullest in the city she loves – Chicago. Alana is … Read the rest
The Road to Motherhood for Women with Disabilities: Katie Chooses Foster Careā¦and Potential Heart Break
When you open your heart, giving your love freely to another that is in need…
When you step forward and open your home to a child in … Read the rest
Never Giving Up Hope; Tinder Dating, Disability and Heartbreak
Recently, I joined Tinder, and soon after that, I found a man, to whom I connected … Read the rest
The Game of Survival: Managing Fear and Health as a Quadriplegic
I tend to disagree with this outlook as there are so many secondary complications that follow Spinal Cord Injury, which can … Read the rest
Online Wheelchair Dating – Love My Disability Tinder
Three weeks ago, I was in a deep depression. I had transitioned from an independent life as a practicing attorney living all over the world to becoming … Read the rest
Crime and Disability: Sex Crimes
Trigger/Content Warning: Rape and Sexual Assault
When I was … Read the rest
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act: The Long Road Toward Inclusion
Education and Exposure is Key to Bias Against Disabled Mothers
The ableist, ignorant, and dangerously discriminatory comments from the female OB-GYN on a popular daytime program shows just how far we all must go to educate the public about disability.
These hurtful and demeaning statements … Read the rest
Disabled Girls Can Be Sexy; Don’t Count Us Out of The Game
Through my experience as an able body woman and now living with a disability, I realized disabled girls could be sexy just like any other able-body girl. Sexiness comes in … Read the rest