Everyone feels self-conscious sometimes. You feel ugly, awkward, freakish, weird. When you go out in public it seems like everyone’s staring you, their faces scowling, eyes displaying a varied mix …
We’re Just Friends
She gazed in through the doorway at the bar, a beautiful woman wishing to enjoy a few drinks and socialization. Her dress was attractive and flattering, but not too revealing. …
Seeing My Ability Not My Disability In The Workplace
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 …