Shh, I’ll let you in on a little secret: I like dressing up. It seems like I rarely get to these days so whenever I’m given the opportunity to put on a nice shirt and a slick tie and flex the fancy pants muscles of my wardrobe I jump at it. After all, every girl’s crazy for a sharp dressed [..}
Why I Have No Use For Change In My Life
by on May 11, 2011
I have no use for change in my life, and I haven’t for almost 15 years now. No I don’t mean I can’t make personal life adjustments, or I flip out if Target is sold out of Skippy brand peanut butter and only has Peter Pan. I mean I have no use for pocket change: quarters, dimes, nickels, and [..}
Accessible Parking for Pregnancy? Count Me Out.
by on April 11, 2011
In my world—the world of a wheelchair using spinal cord injury quadriplegic—access, accessibility, and accommodations are key elements to leveling the playing field so that I can continue to be an active and productive member of society. That’s why I’m not a fan of a recent [..}
This Guy’s Take on Dating With a Disability
by on March 3, 2011
I’ve teased the topic of dating with a disability a bit in some of my past posts, and it’s a topic that’s already been covered elsewhere on this blog, but I thought that I would finally step up to the plate and provide a guy’s perspective on what it’s like dating with a disability. In [..}
The Need for More Education About Disabilities for Kids
by on February 4, 2011
One Friday last fall I stopped by a good friend’s house to drop off a birthday gift for his daughter. She’s a budding soccer phenom so I got her a gear bag for her soccer ball and equipment, which had one diagonal sling strap rather than the typical two shoulder strap variety. My friend also [..}
Like, Totally 80′s Music Video Based Disability Perspective
by on January 6, 2011
The song “Take On Me” by the band A-Ha is one of greatest pop songs that came out of the 80’s, and it’s definitely in this guy’s top five fave songs of that decade. The song also had a fantastic music video that included what at the time demonstrated cutting edge animation technology. The [..}
Taking a Stroll Through Virtual Reality
by on December 2, 2010
At one point this summer I went through a stretch where it seemed like almost every movie I saw involved some aspect of virtual reality (“VR”). It was like, “GAMER and SURROGATES and AVATAR, Oh My!” In the movie GAMER video game players can control real prisoners in a violent urban warfare [..}
Good Help is Hard to Find
by on October 28, 2010
One of the many things that goes hand in hand with being a quadriplegic, even a highly independent one, is that I need PCAs (personal care attendants/ assistants) to come in every morning and help me get ready for the day. It’s just a fact of life that doing what’s necessary to go from the bed [..}
Insight into Job Searching with a Disability
by on September 30, 2010
Being stuck in a lengthy, ongoing job search is awful. With the exception of a six month stint as a disability management consultant at Best Buy for six months in 2008 (I created a corporate disability accommodations “toolkit” for retail store managers) I have been on the job hunt since I [..}
Wannabe Gym Rat
by on September 2, 2010
There are many things that are frustrating about living with a spinal cord injury. That states the obvious. But I tend to group those frustrations into two separate, yet overlapping categories. The first consists of having to deal with the all things, big and small, that the SCI lifestyle brings to [..}
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