By s.e. smith on 1 May, 2010
It’s Blogging Against Disablism Day 2010, and I would highly recommend checking in at Diary of a Goldfish to see other posts on the theme! A question that I get from a lot of nondisabled folks as they are starting to explore ableism and interacting with people with disabilities is ‘I really can’t stand it [...]
Posted in 101, make the world a better place, small stories | Tagged badd, badd 2010, blogging against disablism
By Chally on 8 April, 2010
At present I’m trying to move homes, and is it ever a trying experience. There’s the disappointment on finding out a place that was looking promising is inaccessible. There’s the need to determine whether it’s going to be viable for me to walk to the nearest bus stop (or to the next one, much further [...]
Posted in life changes, small stories
By s.e. smith on 14 March, 2010
Content note: This post is about a panic attack I recently had on a bridge and it is graphic in detail; graphic content starts after the cut. It was a sunny Thursday morning, windows down and Lady Gaga on the stereo and I am buzzing along Highway One to Mendocino. I don’t go to Mendo [...]
Posted in mental health, small stories | Tagged daily life, driving, panic attack, unexpected obstacles
By Chally on 8 March, 2010
On Wednesday, I stepped onto a train during rush hour and watched the last few seats fill up. I thought about needing a seat, needing to preserve some energy to get through the day. I thought about how my knees had started paining on Monday night as I’d settled down to sleep, and how very [...]
Posted in bodies, small stories | Tagged pain, personal, social attitudes
By s.e. smith on 3 March, 2010
I am a huge asparagus fan, which means that, yes, I am unspeakably excited about the fact that it is asparagus season and yes, the rumours are true, I did eat a pound of asparagus on Monday, another pound on Tuesday, and I am about to go eat another 3/4 of a pound. When I [...]
Posted in small stories | Tagged asparagus, food police
By amandaw on 21 February, 2010
(Cross-posted at three rivers fog.) I noticed something was wrong in the earliest hours of the morning, when my husband had disappeared from bed but I did not hear anything going on in the bathroom and could not see him anywhere. Around 8, he got up to go to the bathroom and I lifted myself [...]
Posted in relationships, small stories | Tagged chronic illness, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, home, interlude, pain, pain management, personal, relationships, stories, treatment, welcome to my life
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