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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 [...]
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 [...]
I came across SportForward recently as I was browsing CNN.com, and was inspired by how this organization enables people around the world to disable their limits through sport.Ā The following blog was written by SportForward's Communications Director Raleigh Tillman.Ā I hope you enjoy! "We have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the [...]
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 [...]
While the purpose of my brand is to eliminate the misconceptions around disability, I also understand how you perceive yourself is how you shall be received. That goes for anybody, disabled or not. If you value your looks over the substance behind your looks, you'll probably be perceived as a sexual object. If I perceived [...]
I'm a light-hearted guy. I don't take many things too seriously, and I don't take offense when people make silly comments about being in a wheelchair. But recently when one of my friends who had a disability passed away, someone made a comment that bothered me. This person who will remain anonymous made a post [...]
"What do you do?" If you're over the age of 22 you probably get asked this every time you meet someone new. Most people will accept the short and sweet answer, whether it be "retail" or "accounting" and sometimes you have to explain, because after all, people are curious creatures. Usually for me it's the [...]
Everyday we live our lives according to paradigms created through life experience. So when I was out to dinner with a friend the other night it didn't surprise me when she said playfully, "I'm going to kick your chair! I'd slap you, but you wouldn't feel it." Neither part surprised me: not that she wanted [...]
Throughout life, you learn all the things you are supposed to do. Youāre supposed to brush your teeth twice a day; youāre supposed to turn your homework in on time; youāre supposed to change your oil every three thousand miles. Each phase of life also has typical āto-doā lists. When you are sixteen, you are [...]
In the fourth quarter of 2013 we launched disABLE The Brand. The success of the Brand thus far can be attributed to all of those who recognize that a personās disability does not ādisableā the individual. Being disabled is only a frame of mind. Here are some statistics that show our success in just three [...]
