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Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts
October 30, 2017

We're Not As Divided As You Believe

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Image of a man icon on a circular gradient chart with sections of varying shades of pink, with black text which says "a community di...
October 24, 2014

We Have A Disabled Parking Pass For A Reason

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We have a disabled parking pass for a reason - now stop giving us the stink-eye! We've only had our disabled parking pass for a ...
August 27, 2014

Constantly Putting Out Fires

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August has been a weird month for me. We don't have a bad life, so I can't complain, but do you ever feel like all sorts of curve b...
August 08, 2014

The Magic of Inclusion

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I am proud to say I grew up going to inclusion schools. My elementary school included two smaller "satellite" schools within it. ...
July 16, 2014

Autism and Faceblindness

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A fuzzy blurred out face to depict faceblindness A lot of Autistic people are already socially awkward in general (like me!) but a...
March 20, 2014

Rachel At Risk

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I went to see a play called Rachel At Risk Tuesday night. Here's the description of the play from their site: Writer/Director Jesse ...
February 24, 2014

We All Need Help

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You get up in the morning with to the sound of an alarm clock. The house is warm (or cool depending on how you like it) with the aid of pr...
January 08, 2014

Optimizing My Workplace

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In my on-going effort to come out and make my workplace as suited to my needs as possible, I wrote out a list of little details I think w...
December 04, 2013

Why I Don't Like Functioning Labels

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"We are all different - but we share the same human spirit. Perhaps it's human nature that we adapt - and survive" -Stephen ...
November 25, 2013

Thank Goodness For Advocacy

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The great thing I noticed from reading Autistic self-advocates is how open minded they are and how they (we) consider issues of equality in...
October 28, 2013

Disability Fairs and Support

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Two of my co-workers have Autistic sons and both of their sons are in my son's class. (On another interesting note, Hubby's...
July 30, 2013

Disabled Puppy Learns to Walk

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If you are down or feeling like it's time to give up, hopefully this video will perk you up.  It just shows that when people have the...
July 04, 2013

When Helping Doesn't Help

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I read this great article that touches on what I call, "when helping doesn't help." It's about those moments (or complet...
September 23, 2012

DisAbility - There Must Be An App For That

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The Little Man got approved for the Disability Tax Credit, much to both my surprise and joy. He qualifies until 2027. This also means we ca...
July 11, 2011

I Don't Ask for Much From My Baby

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We met the other speech therapist today. To sum up, in her educated opinion, our child is immature, spoiled and a late talker. She put it mo...