by Marisa - 29 July 2007
Thirty one years into my well-rounded life I look back at some of my first memories and recall the need to be disabled. I remember grabbing my father’s “gout” crutches and resting my armpits where a grown-up’s hands would normally be. I used to sneak sessions consisting of seconds to minutes as a child who needed crutches. I had true guilt over what I was doing, yet I couldn’t seem to pull my eyes away from the crutches whenever they were in sight.
The Wee Years continues »
by Marie - 31 March 2007
Did you watch MacGyver? Do you remember the “Jenny’s Chance” episode? ;) I think that was my first awareness of deafness, actually! It’s amusing but in the series MacGyver puts headphones on a deaf girl to test some crazy system that makes deaf people hear…
First awareness of Deafness continues »
by Sean - 30 March 2007
I wasn’t very old when I started haunting the public library and the local university’s medical library. I was looking for information about orthopaedics, wheelchairs, and other apparatus. It wasn’t long before I was also looking and learning about spinal cord injuries.
University Library continues »
by Claire - 18 March 2007
Going through boxes of old books this weekend I came across an old diary. I
confess I wasn’t a very regular writer - in a 3-year period there are a total
of 13 entries. I quickly read through them, and came across an entry, dated 1981.
Dear Diary continues »
by jim - 3 March 2007
There was a boy in my neighborhood that was paraplegic from
polio. He was probably 3 years older than me and didn’t go to our public
school. One summer we played wiffle ball in the street every afternoon. The
kid, (Earl was his name) would play too.
Earl continues »