Category: Tipping the Scales
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When I was a kid, I could walk. It sounds funny to me saying that now. I can still remember a time in my life when I was not dependent on a wheelchair at all. My unknown muscular condition teamed up with a case of scoliosis, and gradually threw my balance off when I walked. This resulted in my being afraid of falling down all the time, which I often did anyway. So, one summer about fifteen years ago I did what I thought was safe. I sat.
A few years ago I decided that I wanted an ultrasound of my upper body organs. Several of my friends had been told they had gall stones, did I?
My diet seemed worse than theirs. What about my spleen and liver?
Maybe the approaching big 5-0 was making me paranoid. It had been years since my ovarian cancer was officially considered cured, but if I had caught it sooner on an ultrasound, sure would have saved me from many fretful nights.
After dealing with vision problems, slurred speech, inability to write with a pen, all the usual Multiple Sclerosis nervous system attacks, one malfunction really got to me: I could not walk backwards.
Now, I don’t know why this irritated me so-but it did. So I practiced over and over how to move backwards. Some days just one foot would move; but, little by little I felt improvement.
Latinos with disabilities. Interestingly enough, I have been both all of my life but never really thought twice about the importance that they have when connected.
Last summer while attending the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation conference, I met another latina on wheels with OI. Claudia, is a success in her own right. She works, helps out her family, enjoys a good adventure and always has a smile on her face. This is the type of latino with a disability that our society should be seeing on a regular basis.
