Her daughter said to her, “You go ahead and get a table, I’ve got to take a quick trip to the washroom.” We heard this because it was said just beside us. The mother being addressed waved her daughter off and then began a very slow walk into the food court. She wore slip on […]
Yesterday, I was watching a television program, one that I really love, and was enjoying the fact that they finally had a character with a disability. Now I didn’t look up to see if the actor was also disabled, sometimes I just want to be an uninformed member of the public, but I did notice […]
Saturday Morning: We were directly behind them in line. It was busy in the supermarket so the line ups were long and the waits seemed longer. At first we thought he was on his own because he was standing with his cart, by himself, staring into his phone. But about five minutes later his wife […]
I need to figure out how to be gayer. It’s been years and years and years since I’ve been out of the closet. Even so I keep getting ‘friend’ requests from young and very buxom women who urge me, in no uncertain terms, to admire their beauty and hint at the availability of much closer […]
A little over a year ago I wrote a blog post about my attempt to push up a really long and very steep ramp. As I described then, the ramp is so long that they built a flat section about 2/3 the way up so you can rest before attempting the last part. The last part changes […]
A research study was recently published that showed that one quarter of non-disabled people avoided conversational contact with people with disabilities if they could. One quarter! A quarter of a pie is a big, freaking piece of pie, it’s half of half. Now when asked they said that they were ‘afraid of offending’ us. Really? […]
“You don’t sound disabled,” the voice on the other end of the phone said, suspiciously, “are you sure you need these accommodations?” I don’t sound disabled. That’s what I was told. And what exactly does “disabled” sound like? I don’t know for certain but I know that whatever it sounds like, it doesn’t sound like […]
I was pushing down the hallway of the hotel in which we are staying. I had pushed through a doorway that separates one part of the hotel from another and was now on my way to the lobby. Perfectly normal start to my work day here in Boston. Now, please notice that I had pushed […]
I’ve been troubled over the last couple of days over an incident that happened at a movie theatre. Joe and I had just purchased tickets to go see ‘The Big Sick’ and I was rolling away. I hadn’t noticed in the line behind me that there were two staff and two people with intellectual disabilities […]
I see you see me. You wash your hands, quickly, then pass me by. You act as if I’m not there. As if I won’t know that it was you who made the mess. Who pissed all over the toilet seat in the accessible stall. As if I don’t figure into your world, as if […]
