by Chloe - 23 August 2010
My disability presentation has evolved over the last two years. It has lacked consistency, both over time and also between different groups of people. I’m not sure I could have done it any other way. I needed to experiment in order to find an optimal presentation for treating my BIID. These things simply weren’t obvious to me ahead of time. However, it leaves me with the discomforting baggage of being known in different ways to different people.
Consistent Presentation continues »
by Elisabeth - 1 August 2010
The media presentation of people with disabilities is that of heroes, inspiration for others. The more I am spending time with PWDs, the more I see that being heroes and inspiration is generally not on their mind. All they want is to be accepted as equal. They want to be given the same chances at their shot for life. Most of them have no desire to be special, they want to be normal.
Just Being Normal… continues »
by Chloe - 16 July 2010
With hindsight, my resistance to becoming a majority time wheeler seems quaint. Why would I have resisted a change in my life which has proved to be so beneficial? As with a lot of things, the answer seems complex.
A Year of Wheeling continues »
by Elisabeth - 4 July 2010
I used to be a devotee, no doubt about it. If I saw a wheelchair user in a store, I would be staring and following for a minute hoping I would run into him again before leaving a store. Now unless that person is a real dishy guy, I won’t have a second glance.
Devotee No More continues »
by Chloe - 14 April 2010
Assistive devices had made their way into every aspect of my life except for one. The time had come for my first adaptive skiing lesson.
Outriggers continues »