by Ada - 2 January 2009
Ever since I was a little girl, I believed others could read my thoughts. As a result, I learned to have my "private thoughts" only when I was alone. If someone entered the room, I would turn off the switch of my private thoughts. When they left, I was free to think again. While this practice has waned as I’ve grown older, I still am not as comfortable having my private thoughts around people as I am when I’m alone.
First Memories of Depression and BIID continues »
by Mary - 12 June 2008
Looking back I have a lot of memories dealing with disabilities, since I was a child. Some memories have been in my mind now and then ever since, but some of them have started to come back to me more recently. I guess that is because I now understand more of my true identity, I have more courage to face this part of me.
Mary’s early memories continues »
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 »