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 …
Higher Education: The Missing Piece in the UN Resolution for Worldwide Disability Rights
As the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) prepares to begin its ninth session April 15 – 19, 2013, are they missing the role that higher education …
Desperation Porn: The Impact of Graphic Medical Images on the Disability Community
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 …
Dear John
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a huge fan of Nicholas Sparks. Whether it’d be his books or movies, his stories always seems to touch me in a way that …
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 …