“It’s nice,” I said, “because I thought that being without the power chair would decrease my independence and in fact it’s increased it.” I was talking to someone about the fact that, with my power chair in the shop, I had expected to do less, to go to fewer places, to have my life significantly […]
People thought him funny. And because they thought him funny, they laughed at him. All he had tried to do was to be assertive and stand his ground. In fact, he had done that, but in doing so he made himself ridiculous in the eyes of pretty much everyone around. What had happened was pretty […]
They arrived at the top of the ramp, started down, and then spotted me, racing down towards them, and pulled back to wait. The disabled access to the north mall means going under Bloor Street so there’s a long ramp down and then a long ramp up. I enjoy this ramp because it’s got hand […]
Photo Description: a person, whose face cannot be seen, is wearing a white tee shirt with the words: WHY BE RACIST, SEXIST, HOMOPHOBIC OR TRANSPHOBIC WHEN YOU COULD JUST BE QUIET? I am writing this post feeling cautious and I think that I’d like to begin to ask you to read it with caution as […]
Sunday was a big day for me. As many of you know, my power wheelchair has been in the shop for several weeks now and as a result I’ve been pushing myself a lot more than I normally would during the holiday season. We’ve tried not to let the break down slow down what we […]
Memo to Two Disabled Women: All I was doing was being friendly. I had caught your eye as I entered and I nodded to you as I rolled by. The two of you were stopped and had pulled your power wheelchairs off to the side. You weren’t talking, it looked like you were waiting. My […]
Bang! Thud! Bang! Thud! Bang! Thud! I was being hit by human cannonballs. It took me a second to realize what was happened, I’d been startled out of my reverie by the first bang against the back of my chair. The noise in the place echoed from wall to ceiling to the back of my […]
I lied. I liked to Joe. And to Marissa, and to Ruby and to Sadie, I out and out lied. But, of great concern to me, I lied to myself. It was an easy lie to tell. It was a lie the obscured a truth that I didn’t want to acknowledge and I didn’t want […]
No, I will not be making any resolutions today. Not a one. No, it’s not because I don’t believe in ‘New Year’s Resolutions,’ not at all, it’s because I do. But for me, today’s New Year’s is the result of a calendar flip. This may be cause for celebration but not, necessarily, in my experience, […]
Yesterday the Ruby and Sadie came for a visit. They had arrived excited because we had planned to go to “Hidden Figures” at the theatre across the road from us. We got in, claimed our seats and settled. A second or two later Joe and the girls headed out the pick up popcorn and drinks. […]
