Is pretending to be someone else, especially an able-bodied someone, a smart thing if you‘re disabled? Or can the game make it harder to be ok with your disability? Read this blog
Tag: Ponderings
9/8/11: We are the Phoenixes
Its not easy convincing people there is life after disability. Most people can’t imagine it. And when they do, they say they’d rather be dead. Really? You’d rather be worm food than alive? Read this blog
8/19/11: The “Stephen Hawking” way to cope
Severely paralyzed by ALS, forcing him to live mostly in his mind, Hawking’s advice on dealing with disability is perfection. Read this blog
8/2/11: Don’t be sad for me, k?
A funny thing happened at a party the other night. While a lot of crazy things happen to me, this one was blog-worthy. It all started innocent enough; met a drunk girl at a Bachelorette party who wanted to know how I got hurt. Read this blog
7/15/11: Gaga debuts wheelchair mermaid alter ego
Gaga’s latest persona, Yuyi the Mermaid, a wheelchair-using siren with a black tail and donned in a black funeral shroud, is amazing if you ask me, but its pissing some people off too. Read this blog
7/6/11: Would you exploit yourself to pay the bills?
If a channel produces a show on a pregnant paraplegic with twins, and people pay cable to tune in to watch (gawk), how is that any different from paying $2 to view a pregnant snake lady behind a glass wall? Read the rest of this blog
Spin 2.0: What do you say to strangers?
There’s nothing like hanging out at the mall minding your own business, when all of a sudden a complete stranger comes up to you and asks – “What happened to you?” How do you answer? Politely, rudely, are you funny, or do you have a speech memorized? Read the rest
Spin 2.0: Dressing trendy to fight stereotypes
If my daily clothes routine only included sweat pants, basic shirts and non-descript white tennis shoes – the PT recommend outfit of shame – if the average person took one look at me in my wheelchair, I’d be done for. Read more
Spin 2.0: Don’t take the little girl
Today I woke up in a foul mood. I awoke bemoaning my current health woes – annoying bladder sediment causing heavy autonomic dysreflexia, and I barely slept because of the pain. I was not happy. Read more
9/7/10: My worst nightmare realized
Ever zoom down the sidewalk and think what would happen if the Earth somehow fell out from underneath you? Well my friends, this nightmare was realized on some poor guy in St. Paul, Minnesota today.