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When the Door Opens for Everyone but You
The doors of spaces don’t open with the same ease for everyone. Doors can be seen as metaphors for access.
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What Being a Caregiver Taught Me About Gracefully Receiving Help
Most of us who live long enough will find ourselves in need of caregiving at some point. We can make it a nightmare for everyone by being stubborn and refusing to accept help or we can receive the help gracefully.
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Recognizing Internalized Ableism on My Anniversary
I am disabled and my late husband was disabled. We both had internalized ableism, which frustrated us both.
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The Real Reason Why Going to Conferences Is So Exhausting to Me
Between inaccessible spaces and presenters who don’t take simple steps toward accessibility, attending a conference as a disabled person is exhausting.
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Stop Shaming People Who Use Accommodations to Work Remotely
Leaders regularly use ableist and shaming rhetoric around people with accomodations that allow them to attend meetings remotely.
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Disability = Normal. Disability ≠ Brokenness.
Despite the fact that so many people are or will be disabled, we have a hard time as a culture understanding disability without judgment. The assumption that everyone is or should be able-bodied is called ableism and it is everywhere.
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How I Make Hotel Rooms Accessible for My Low Vision
I’ve done some traveling this summer and stayed in a variety of hotels in both the U.S. and Europe. I’ve always loved traveling and am excited that travel feels doable now that so many people have been vaccinated against COVID. With my vision impairments, I run into some issues in hotels, so I have come…
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Disabled Folks Aren’t Always Looking for a Cure and You Should be OK with That
I’m actually pretty ok most of the time with my impaired vision. I gave up driving in 2019. I read with my eyes a lot less than I used to. I write with my eyes a bit less than I used to. I’ve been not driving for long enough that it feels completely normal to…
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Panic Attacks, Grief, and Fear
I’m still experiencing double vision and unable to read or write very much. Because of the dismissive attitude I’ve encountered about my vision from most eye doctors, I don’t want to see anyone but my favorite eye doctor, and she’s booked out for 3-4 months, so I haven’t seen anyone about this latest development. I’m…
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Wondering When & How to Disclose Disability with Colleagues
I have now gone 19 days with double vision. There was one day in there where my vision was double for only an hour or so, but the rest of the days, I’ve been lucky to have a solid hour of time when my eyes are really functioning normally. Double vision makes it much harder…
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