Editor’s note: Tashauna’s post will be filed under the name of her column . She was a contributor to Audacity Magazine many years ago so it is only fitting that it goes there. My name is Tashauna, or “T,” and I am from rural Southwest Minnesota. My disability is muscular,
Bobby Flay Mends My Broken Heart
Last Thursday, Anthony and I went back to the scene of the crime, Bobby’s Burger Palace. You can read all about the day Bobby Flay broke my heart here on this link. With your help, our concerns reached Bobby Flay’s people. We met Bob Mundell not Bobby Flay but …
Bobby Flay Broke My Heart and Maybe the Law
Let me say this is one of the saddest posts I have ever written. I’m a huge Bobby Flay fan. Recently, I made a brunch for a friend and used Bobby’s Italian Homemade Potatoes. They were delicious! “Bobby” was the name I used whenever I had to make an example …
Are Physically Disabled People Accepted In Your Tribe?
There are times when several thoughts come together at the right time. This post has been incubating in my mind for about a month. It started with one news event, a few personal experiences and a recent Facebook post. Now, I think I am ready to give it birth without …
Should People with Physical Disabilities Living On Government Assistance Procreate?
This has not happened in a long time but it’s happening now. I am approached via email about a topic that has been brewing in my mind for a while. About two months ago or so, a fellow Facebook friend sends me a message. She wants to know if
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 in our lives. Isn’t that awesome? I love seeing how people with my disability live their lives on a day-to-day …
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. Can’t wait, right? If you think about it, how would we, the physically disabled community, know how it felt to …
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 any of its stations. With over 4,200 athletes with physical disabilities from around the world, competing for the gold just …
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 our on their way home. But that would be totally inaccurate and a slap in the face to the Paralympic …