Image Description: The words ‘I am OTHER’ on a black background, the letters in the word ‘other’ are all of different colours. Being Other: I can be angry without being bitter. I can be dissatisfied without being ungrateful. I can be plainspoken without being rude. I can be difficult without being unreasonable. I can be […]
Image Description: the words ‘PERMISSION SLIP’ written on a beige background It’s so easy for me to get lazy. The handles at the back of my chair practically scream, “help the helpless!” I noticed a little while ago, which should have sparked immediate change but that’s not how it works with me, that I’ve […]
Image description: A multicoloured disc with the words RIGHT NOW written in white “Dave, you look different,” Ruby said, holding a picture of Joe and I, taken back when we were in our early thirties. I glanced over at the picture, we were standing side by side looking uncomfortably at the camera. There were […]
Image description: A yellow happy face missing its smile is looking over to see it’s smile beside it. Today I’m having my birthday party. It is not my birthday. My birthday on the winter solstice, which is not a good day for a party for us non-druid types. The season was just so busy […]
Image description: A mylar balloon with the words ‘Weclome HOME’ in large type in the middle over a bursting out graphic. It’s home! It’s working! I took my first real spin in my power wheelchair yesterday. Up ramps, down ramps, round corners, through narrow passageways, I put it through it’s paces. Everything […]
Original Image Description From Source: Iconic doll character Barbie is getting a full-on diversity makeover for 2016. (Image source: www.pinknews,co.uk) I’ve probably read more text about Barbie than about any toy ever created. I’ve heard her name in deep and serious discussions by Feminists. I’ve chatted with mothers who were frustrated at their childs’s desperate […]
Image description: On a cork board a note is pinned. On the note is a smiley face under which is the word ‘disability’ with the dis cross out. There is a sentiment that I’m hearing more and more often about disabilities but never actually said by someone with a disability. I know what the speaking […]
Image description: A bright red hearse with white drapery over the two back windows. I thought my life was over. I thought I’d lose everything I had and everything I’d worked for. I had no where to turn. No one to talk to. I had faced illness, even death, before but nothing prepared me […]
Image discription: the word privilege Joe and I were waiting for Marissa and the kids to catch up to where we were. We had just finished seeing an exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum. As we waiting I noticed a man going by in a very cool looking scooter. He caught me looking, stopped and […]
Image description: The word ASSESSMENT behind a magnifying glass. Early and anxious. That’s how I woke up this morning. Joe too is jittery. He’s made sure that the place is clean and orderly. I helped with that as much as I could. He’s driving the girls up to school this morning and may not […]
