As an adult with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), I love the opportunity that social networking affords me to connect with my community. I consider it a gift to welcome a new …
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 …
Let’s Flush It!
Yesterday, I went to Barnes and Noble and had to use the ladies room. I was literally behind a lady entering the restroom as well. In fact, she held the …
Assumptions Are Demeaning
A few weeks ago, I accompanied Mom to Kroger’s grocery store to do a little shopping. We get to the checkout counter and as the cashier is ringing us up, …
Is the Recession Stopping the Disabled From Commuting?
Budget cuts are the buzz words in today’s world and rightly so. More and more leaders in organizations are found mismanaging company funds and profiting themselves. There is nothing wrong …