This has not happened in a long time but it’s happening now. I am approached via email about a topic that has been brewing in my mind for a while. About two months ago or so, a fellow Facebook friend sends me a message. She wants to know if I’d consider writing about a controversial [...]
Wishbone Awareness Day: Sharing On Facebook
I know my OI people are loving Wishbone Awareness Day all around the world. I know this because we have the Internet to keep us sharing every move we make in our lives. Isn’t that awesome? I love seeing how people with my disability live their lives on a day-to-day basis. I look
Higher Education: The Missing Piece in the UN Resolution for Worldwide Disability Rights
As the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) prepares to begin its ninth session April 15 – 19, 2013, are they missing the role that higher education plays in developing social and economic equality?
Kiss Our First Giveaway Goodbye!
We were so excited about our first giveaway. Hershey’s Kisses was willing to donate six months worth of chocolate to the lucky winner. I spoke to several people whose opinion I valued about this giveaway. I did research on how to have a successful giveaway. I did research about how to connect a giveaway to [...]
Audacious Giveaway Alert! Six Months of Kisses
Audacity Magazine is having its first giveaway! We are extremely excited. Not only because it’s a way for us to give back to you, our audacious supporters but, the giveaway prize is delicious! No one can have just one and not desire another one. That’s right! Chocolate Hershey’s Kisses for the next six
Desperation Porn: The Impact of Graphic Medical Images on the Disability Community
As an adult with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), I love the opportunity that social networking affords me to connect with my community. I consider it a gift to welcome a new baby with OI through a flurry of photo comments and I’ve enjoyed witnessing the
Dear Presidential Candidates, My Vote Counts
It will be over by tomorrow. We will know the results of our presidential election. No more ads. No more pandering to certain groups with promises of a better future. Can’t wait, right? If you think about it, how would we, the physically disabled community, know how it felt to have our vote courted when [...]
5 Reasons Physically Disabled People Should Use Tide Pods
I hate doing the laundry. It is one of the least wheelchair friendly housecleaning chores in my life! However, Tide Pods have given me an entire clean outlook on laundry duty. Here are 5 reasons why you should use Tide Pods if you are physically disabled. Let’s face it! These days there are too [...]
Paralymic Pride
This past Wednesday, the 2012 Paralympic Games opened in London, England. The ceremony was live on the Internet. It appears NBC didn’t think it befitting to televise the ceremony on any of its stations. With over 4,200 athletes with physical disabilities from around the world, competing for the gold just like Olympians Michael Phelps, Ryan [...]