The ADA prevents anyone from directly questioning me about it. But I always choose to. Let me tell you why.
disability
disney world
HAVE YOU BEEN OUTRAGED BY THIS YET? Unfortunately, you're probably angry for all the wrong reasons.
disability
My severe hearing loss has certainly not helped my career.
oi
I struggle to grasp how much awareness could actually be raised by changing my Twitter userpic to the Wishbone Day logo for 24 hours.
Lisa Egan of xojane.com in
Issues,
OI,
osteogenesis imperfecta,
Wishbone Day,
child abuse,
awareness campaigns,
twittivism,
disability
May 6, 2013 at 4:30pm | 0 comments
disability
Today is Blogging Against Disablism Day, an event organized to explore ableism/disablism and their larger social impacts worldwide. Disability hate crimes are just one of the many issues faced by the disability community.
suicide
There are a few topics that, as a general rule, I just refuse to discuss on the Internet. Assisted suicide/right-to-die is usually one of them.
health
I'm a 29 year old female. I eat mainly vegan and eat lots of organic veggies. I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke, I have never done drugs. I've been diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, PCOS, life threatening allergies and for my last birthday I got a busted thyroid.
disability
They seem to think they're joking around when they ask me how many fingers, or if I can smell them from across the room, but to me it feels similar to the bullying I experienced on the playground as a child.
disability
I know that eventually, I’m going to have to ask this person I’ve been in a screaming match with for three hours to take me to the bathroom, which can be really awkward. “You can be such a douchebag! That said, I have to pee.”
