Dear Conservatives, I know that elections are coming up both in Ontario and in the United States. I know, also, that the rhetoric will also intensify. Our already divided societies will become entrenched in on-line battles with each other. There were will horrifying memes that go around that promote hatred and division with intent of […]
I noticed him as I pushed by, he noticed me and nodded a disabled old guy to disabled old guy kind of greeting. I also noticed right away that he had a really, really unusual cane. It was one of those with three prongs on the bottom, but it also had a strong piece of […]
Sometimes I don’t know how to react, or know what to say, or even understand what just happened. Sometimes I’m not only lost for words, but believe that the appropriate words don’t even exist. There must be a foreign land somewhere that has 50 words that describe a disabled person’s emotions when living in and […]
That Jesus rose again has never, for me, been the miracle of Easter. I know that it’s a big deal of course, how’s that for understatement. But as a young boy, who’s fat was seen but who’s gay heart was only guessed at, who suffered at the hands of bullies, who had his soul cut […]
They pulled into the parking space just as we got there. It was an accessible spot, right by the big, giant, box store that sells big, giant, things. They ran, at quite a clip, towards the store. We continued on and found the last disabled spot, 4 stalls in, down a fairly steep slope that […]
The child was young, but not young enough to not notice. It constantly surprises people that we, as disabled people, notice their behaviour. Staring, is a particular particular example, you know when people feast their eyes off of difference and fill their bellies with ‘supergust,’ a word that should exist for the combination of superiority […]
During the course of my work the last few weeks I have had the opportunity, privilege really, of teaching people with intellectual disabilities about their disability. I don’t do this lightly and I never do this without a context for it because I don’t know how well prepared people are to talk about their disability. […]
I was just finished my workout on the arm ergometer at the gym and rolled off the platform. I turned to head towards the cable machine, which had not been in use when I checked before shutting down the machine. Someone, a fellow I’d seen before, was there about to start. He glanced over and […]
She was really offended. I had been rolling in to the gym, in fact I was nearly there. This means that I’d rolled from the car, up the gradual grade to the door and into the building. I was by myself because Joe had to go find parking. She had said,”You are getting your workout […]
“I want people to see me not my disability.” “Don’t label me disabled.” “I may use a wheelchair but that’s not the most important thing about me.” I am more than my disability.” “I see you as you, I don’t notice your disability.” “They people I work with are just like regular people.” “I don’t […]
