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Whoever said life is a walk in the park is a liar, and not just because a select lucky few of us canāt actually walk. Life just simply is not that easy. Up until this point, my blogs have focused on the positive, or how Iāve adapted to my limitations to achieve my goals in [...]
I HATEĀ the winter. The cold weather sucks, mostly because I hate wearing a jacket. Up through high school I wore one as much as my mom forced me, but once I moved out on my own, my jacket stayed nice and cozy in my closet year-round barring basically sub-zero temperatures. The added layer of clothing [...]
As a person with autism, making friends has never been easy. Autism is very much a social disability. Throughout my youth, friends were frequently people around my age who were made for me by my parents. My odd social quirks frequently alienated people I spent time with regularly. As a result, classmates were very rarely [...]
A little while back I had the pleasure of working with Mouse of America's Got Talent Season 9 on a dance video. Thankfully Mouse reached out to me via Instagram and shared that his mother has Multiple Sclerosis. His personal connection to the [dis]ABLED community inspired him to show his support, help promote the Brand, [...]
The other day my coworker approached me in my cubicle with a Lysol bottle and paper towels in hand. I thought she was coming to wipe down my desk, which is actually pretty tidy, but she had her sight set on something else: my wheelchair. Apparently it was filthy. And frankly I hadn't cared to [...]
In living my life with a physical disability, Iāve faced many limitations. My disability really was never one of those, in spite of what people think. Sure, there are certainly parts of my disability that arenāt exactly pleasant, but the biggest limitations have come from the society around me. For example, people often ask me [...]
Although it may not feel like it in this 90-degree heat,Ā Labor DayĀ came and went, and summer as I know it is over for 2014. I had an amazing ten weeks with friends at our beach rental in Sea Isle City, NJ, and I couldn't feel more grateful for everyone who made it possible. Special thanks [...]
I recently posted a picture from my graduation from Old Forge Schoolāa school for kids with disabilitiesāas part of the Throwback Thursday fad on social media. My niece was graduating sixth grade. Graduating to regular school and the seventh grade felt like a somewhat equivalent abuse of the word āgraduation,ā and it seemed like a [...]
From the moment I was old enough to fully understand my primary medical diagnosis (Congenital Muscular Dystrophy), I always found it odd that it had to be labeled as a "disability." Yes, I use a wheelchair. No, I'm not ambulatory; but I can still get around just like anyone else. The dictionary definition of the [...]
With Nurses Week just coming to an end, I want to give a special thanks to all of the nurses and nurse assistants that have helped me along the way as I've disabled my limits. When I was 18 and it was finally time to move out of my mom's house, the government approved me [...]
