October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and the perfect opportunity to learn about the abilities of the disabled in the workplace. As a disabled person I applaud the efforts …
Reason to Believe
I was pretty shy growing up, perhaps in part because we moved to a new state when I was 10 and I never quite got comfortable with my new classmates. …
Confronting Dating and Intimacy Issues
Like most people in their later 20’s, as a 27-year old woman, I dream about that day when I will meet my soul mate and eventually marry and start a …
Living with CP: My Sister, My Friend
One of the most profound relationships that I’ve ever had has been the one I have with my sister. ach department phone Beth and I were born five-and-a-half years apart …
Destroy the Myth of Being Unable
Remember when you were at school? Everything seemed so orderly, in a way. You knew your place in life, and every one else’s. Your mission in life was to get …
Plan B
Why it is that life doesn’t always go our way? We move in one direction, he aded tow ach department phone ards some goal or outcome, having a clear focus …
Living with CP: My School Days or Is It a Daze?
The year was 1993. I was entering into the 7th grade and my world ach department phone was full of promise. After all, I had a group of girlfriends who …
Living with CP
Many people have asked me throughout my life, “What is it like to live with Cerebral Palsy?” On a good day, I might say, “Oh, it’s really not much different …
Becoming Foster Parents: The Alternative
It is hard to know exactly when my maternal instinct and desire to have a child began, because I knew I always wanted to be a mother. The tiny obstacle …