Category Archives: Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger

Lucky to be Free?

Yep. Had all sorts of plans for today. Got up and didn’t want to do them. Wanted to watch T.V. Wanted to surf the web. Wanted to make a spaghetti sauce. Wanted to spend time with tea and a book. Wanted to spend the day in my housecoat. Planned to go to the gym. Planned […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

The Reason Why

He was sitting, at a table in a busy food court, looking very, very, alone. He kept an eye on his mom who was in the line up to pick up some lunch for them. Across from him were a table where sat two elderly couples. They had noticed that he had Down Syndrome. They […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

Nice Unaware Untrained Unthinking Love

Self Advocates when read this warning of language that might be offensive to you. careful. I am, when advocating for things like the right to pee, almost always told that prejudice, specifically ableism and disphobia, do not exist. I’m not sure if it’s because they think that non disabled people are too nice to be […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

Fight

An accessible toilet has been made inaccessible. The door used to swing both ways, which is more important than you can imagine when you need access to the loo. I used this toilet all the time, I’d swing the door out, then back in beside the toilet, then swing the door closed. Easy peasy. Then, […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

Easter

Easter. For awhile there, especially after first admitted to the hospital, I wondered if I’d be here right now. I wondered, further, if I wanted to be here. I was tired. I was sick. I thought maybe I was done. Then. Every time Joe came into the room. I knew I wasn’t finished. Every time […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

Signs

I’ve said it myself, many times. So please don’t take offense when I enter this into discussion. I used to imagine, when I first became a wheelchair user, what kind of message I needed on the back of my chair so as not to be grabbed or forced to receive assistance. The ideas funny, the […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

Parking Lot Realization

You know this story. But I need to tell it again anyways. You see I realized something. We parked at the grocery store and I got out. Joe was gathering bags and lists and stuff and I headed off to the store myself. I got to the curb in front of the store, paused, and […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

A Voice, A Visit

Yesterday morning, I awoke, could feel Joe stirring beside me, so I wished him a good morning. We both paused. My voice was back. I’m almost crying at the writing of this. You see I came out of the hospital with a new voice. A weak, soft voice, full of holes, the kind of voice […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

Way It Should Be

We’ve been at the mall a little more these days. It’s one of the few places where I can get some exercise without pushing myself to hard. When we go on weekends, we often stop and have lunch in the food court. I pretty much always go to the same place. The food is good. […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment

Need

I need so much more from people right now. One of those things is something I’ve written about a lot. I need to be let alone, to be allowed to just get on with my day, to be relieved of the burden of inspiration, to be just another anonymous person in the community. I need […]

Posted in Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger | Leave a comment