Living
Assisted Living
People often wonder, including close friends and family, how disabled am I really. I’ve been scorned and ridiculed for wanting to live with someone. Selfishly having someone there significantly enhances my functionality. Broadens the experiences available to me, and significantly simplifies my logistics. I try to live my life as high functioning as possible. I […]
Logistics & Accomidation
Its almost embarrassing how such a little thing can make such a big deal in your life. They closed my commuter train station that I use to get to work. Don’t laugh this is a big deal.. Logistics for an activity are paramount it determines whether you can participate in that activity or do the […]
Managing the Noise
There are places on this planet, on this continent, in this country, in this state or province, in this town or city or settlement, in this house or cardboard box or mud hut; that: people, lovers, life, work, friends, family, the establishment, your priest, religion, the media, doctors, lawyers, passions, hobbies, yourself; will tell you […]
How Much Can I See?
This is a question that won’t go away. The easy answer is I can’t see shit, but as fun and flippant that response it isn’t very informative. Formal visual acuity measurement is 20/200 corrected on a good day, even though this is a formal measurement of visual acuity with a recognized measurement scale to you […]
Amazon.com Second Thoughts
Amazon.com was my hero. I used to buy everything through them, seriously what ever I wanted I’d go to Amazon.com first. If they had what I was looking for they’d get the business. This passionate loyalty extended to books, until recently. Reading is a BIG freaking deal. I can’t read text in printed form anymore, […]
Angels Among Us
ran my first marathon a couple of years ago in Calgary. I chose Calgary for my first marathon because I grew up there. I didn’t want to be worrying about where was I and where was I supposed to be going. My knowledge of the city took my disability out of the equation. I could […]
Gym
I hated gym I hated it all through school. I ended up hating jocks. Those SOB’s who do they think they are being able to do those things. Who were those guys running down the track jumping those hurdles? Man those things hurt…. Baseball runs in my family’s blood. My dad played just below the […]
I Love Shopping
The internet has made available to me everything I could ever want. I have purchased almost everything off of the web even a house. I did have a trusted friend confirm the property was what I would want but I hadn’t seen it before the deal was closed. I Love Shopping Podcast Malls in a […]
Family
It’s very hard for your family when you’re born with a disability. There is the whole set of issues around what did we do wrong why do we deserve this why is god punishing us. Then they have to deal with what and how will this baby grow up and make its way in the […]
Groups
For all of us inclusion of some manner in a group is comforting. People’s thinking seems to be focused around categorization. We all need a hole to fit into be it round or square its kind of up to us as individuals. Sometimes how you fit a square peg in a round hole is with […]
