Hello all! As I mentioned in my blog post on disability in media last week, I have a special announcement to make! Moving forward, in addition to my regular posts on various topics I will also be doing reviews of disability-centric movies and TV shows on this blog. As I also mentioned last week, I …
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Mental Health Part Two – The Importance of Being Social
Growing up, my favorite show was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For those of you that have never seen the show, let me tell you. She is Bad. Ass. I liked her because she was funny and really good at beating people up (and maybe I was a bit jealous about that). As I got older …
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“So, I hired a caregiver — now what?”
When I moved away from home to go to college, I had to make a rapid adjustment from being at home with my parents to living independently with the help of hired caregivers. At times, I did not handle it well. I remember wishing that I had some kind of instruction manual to help me …
Emotional Caregiving
*To my readers: I apologize for the long absence (again). I was applying to law schools and am proud to announce that I will be attending Saint Louis University School of Law this coming Fall! Thanks for your patience and I promise to write more consistently on this blog.* If I had a dollar for …
On Abuse and Not Deserving It
Imagine waking up to find yourself strapped down in bed, completely unable to move. You'll probably be unstrapped soon, but until then, do you go back to sleep? Can you go back to sleep? Should you even try? No, I'm not talking about Gerald’s Game (although the movie that just came out on Netflix is …
On Finding a Public Restroom
A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I took a road trip to Washington, DC. We were there for an advocacy conference and were away from the hotel room most of the time, so I had the fun experience of trying to find a public restroom I could use. It did not go well. For …
Mental Health Part One – A Long-Term Problem
This is the first in a multi-part series dealing with mental health issues and impact that mental illness has on disability. Once upon a time, and not that long ago at all, I woke up on a coldish spring morning and the first thought in my head was "I shouldn't be alive anymore." I was …
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“Fine, maybe I will. Jeez.”: An Auspicious Beginning
One thing that people who meet me learn quickly is that I'm sassy. I add sass into every conversation I'm a part of, even when I don't try. I can't help it, no matter how much I might want (or need) to be agreeable. When I met my boyfriend, I confidently told him, "I change my sass for no man, …
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The Girl Who Sits 