Six months later, I am still trying to see the day when my new wheelchair will really be mine and be done correctly. Getting the approval by the insurance company …
A Weird Way to Celebrate Father’s Day
Today is father’s day! Sometime today my two sisters are going to visit my father in New York. Even though I live in Miami, Florida I try to keep in …
Fitness Centers: Equal Pay with No Equal Play
Before I decided to go on a fitness center hunt, I gave myself a reality check. I knew that not all people with physical disabilities would be able to use …
Go To Jail And Get a College Degree For Free!
Hey everyone! We are all doing something incredibly wrong! Tonight I was watching the story on the news show, 60 Minutes about prison inmates who were getting a free education …
Tell TangoDiva.com What You Think
While checking my email one day, I get an email stating that I have been nominated for the Diva Visionary Award. I was a finalist and I was to tell …
Keeping Sanity While Moving Into A New Place
What do you get when a disabled woman moves from one apartment to another? Answer: chaos and a mental breakdown. Moving from one home to another happens to be one …
Miss Ability: Exploit the Disabled?
It seems that the Dutch succeeded with a reality show starring people with physical disabilities and now the British want to follow suit. Should we be applauding their efforts to …
Disabled and Unfaithful
People have such huge assumptions about the disabled community. They think we sit home, watch soap operas and live vicariously through the characters. How wrong they are! Disabled people can …
Disabled and Unemployed? Take the First Step
We don’t need to read statistics to know that getting hired is one of the most difficult areas for people with physical disabilities. Let’s face it, we look different. No, …