Some people don’t get it. And even though they are clueless to the situation, I’ve got to be nice because I need their help. On our flight out here, Joe and I had mistakenly booked our seats such that there was one empty between us. It was a busy flight and that seat was soon […]
“Hi, how are you?” It was the wrong question to ask me at that time. I’m at a conference and facing a lot of issues regarding accessibility. I have to be in a different hotel because the host hotel doesn’t have fully accessible rooms, there is no where for me to sit in my wheelchair […]
Yesterday, someone who I needed to listen to me, listened to me. It felt amazing. Now this wasn’t a personal chat, and it wasn’t in my professional capacity either, it was a situation of me, as service user to another person, service provider. I went into the conversation knowing that I needed them to be […]
Many years ago a woman approached me after a conference that I had spoken at, she seemed nervous, and when she got close enough, I saw that her eyes were moist. I didn’t recognize her, at first, but then she spoke. I was grabbed by the guts and thrown back years in time. To high […]
So I’m going to brag a bit. Let me start by saying that, as I’ve been exercising and talking exercise with people, I’ve discovered that many people I know use visualization as part of their routine, as do I. However I don’t visualize myself in new smaller clothes or with big shapely arms, although those […]
I used to think that the reason people feared disability and openly stated that they’d rather be dead than disabled was because of “The Tyranny of the Toilet” as I believe Catherine Frazee called it. What is the Tyranny of the Toilet? It’s the idea that people, when they imagine themselves disabled, they imagine having […]
You scare me. You there, the one who I thought supported the cause of civil civil liberties for people with disabilities. The one who was horrified at Donald Trump’s mocking of the disabled reporter. The one who said ‘Who would do something like that?’ You said it with sincerity and even furor. And you know […]
I struggled to read his name. I don’t know why, at that moment, it was so important to me. Reading didn’t come easily for me and most times I avoided trying. But in that moment. It was important. I was a very young boy and I’d been taken to the town cenotaph for a […]
It happened on Jeopardy! Joe and I are fans of the show and, even if we are in the midst of a Netflix binge, will stop at 7:30pm, every evening to watch. Joe has a better breadth of trivia knowledge but I hold my own on categories that suit my interest. It’s a fun watch. […]
I’ve been afraid of this morning for a long time. I always believed that Trump would win. I said this at work a few days ago and was challenged, “Every poll says that Clinton will win, how can you say that?” I was asked. But before I could answer we were called back to the […]
