We’ve driven well over a thousand miles in two days. This has meant hours and hours of sitting in a car, I finished a long book, with a punishingly small font, somewhere near the end of the trip. This has also meant that we’ve seen our share of food courts. This is our preferred form […]
Google maps found us a mall where we could stop for lunch. We were on a 12 hour drive heading to Georgia where I am presenting for a couple of days and we were getting a bit hungry. The mall, as promised, was just off the Interstate so it was perfectly placed for a quick […]
Something rather wonderful happened last night. I was scheduled to have a dinner meeting with several people who I work with on a committee. I was a tad nervous because I’m new to the committee and really only know the person who invited me to participate. Also, I’m a bit socially, um, inelegant. As is […]
We went back on the road on Tuesday. We traveled to Syracuse last night and landed in Boston today. I’ve been thinking about this trip for awhile and in preparation started a new routine at the gym. I typically do an about ahour and a half, broken in two parts, one on the ergonometer and […]
She was seated at the next table over. She had seen me come in and had lit up. I understood immediately and waved “hello”. I know what it’s like to suddenly, at the appearance of another, to not be the only disabled person in the room. She, like me, a wheelchair user, pointed to the […]
Am I a bigot? I think maybe. Thing is I can’t trust the opinions of the people I ask, who all assure me that I’m not, because I think maybe that the bigotry against those who have mental illness is deep and pervasive. So, I’ve come to ask you. I’d really like to know what […]
I met a married couple, both had an intellectual disability, and I asked them the same question I like to ask when I get to know two people in love with each other. I am curious about how the connection was made, how did they find each other, what were the circumstances that brought them […]
My new wheelchair has been ordered. It’s all done now but the waiting and the final fitting. The chair is going to take a little longer because I’ve chosen to personalize it by having it painted. But soon I’ll be riding around on a new chair. We are both excited because this one is faster […]
There was a huge portico that seemed to us to indicate the buildings front door. There was no parking in the area so Joe set to drop me off and then go find parking. The doors were big and heavy and narrow. We figured it impossible to get in our typical way because there were […]
It looked planned, scripted, a snippet of a sit com. I was lapping the mall, just wanting to burn off some stress from work. The mall is very particular with it’s mall walkers club about the exact route you need to take to get the full distance marks. The only one of the stipulations that […]
