The beauty of the internet is that it doesn’t see a wheelchair, scooter, crutch, cane, or any other mobility aid. It doesn’t care whether you can speak, hear, touch, feel, …
Healthcare Scare for the Physically Disabled
Thanks for stumbling upon this article. The original article was written July 5th, 2009. We are now in March 2023. While we have made some medical advancements for society as …
Reflecting After a Health Scare
Sometimes when my friends even the ones online share their health scare, I feel their sense of fear and apprehension. It pushes me to reflect on my own mortality and …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Paralympics Deserve Equal Air Time and Social Media Coverage, Don’t You Agree?
The Winter Olympics will soon be over and people will go back to their routine lives thinking that the best athletes in the world have done their job and …
Miami-Dade County Paratransit Comes To A Dead End: So Where Does that Leave You? Stranded? Isolated?
You would never think that there could be so much drama and suspense in transporting the disabled but in Miami, Florida it’s all that and more! Paratransit in Miami, Florida …
Learning To Love Again
Several years ago, I wrote about Scrappy. He was the love of my life. A couple of years ago, I had to put him down. It was one of the …