By Annaham on 18 November, 2010
Do you ever have one of those days where you just want to shake a fist in the universe’s general direction? A few weeks ago, I had the fairly weird experience of two different people trying to make the fact that I use a cane a topic of conversation (?) on the same day. Usually, [...]
Posted in bodies, normality | Tagged assistive devices, cane, chronic pain, daily life, life, personal stories
By Annaham on 2 April, 2010
[Image description: a woman's hand rests on an inlaid wood cane.] I use a cane! This should not come as a surprise, but often when I am out in public, it does. People seem surprised to see a young person who uses a cane; while I have not gotten people “confronting” me about it directly [...]
Posted in accessibility, autonomy, bodies, happy posts, normality, politics, resistance, Uncategorized | Tagged accessibility, assistive devices, cerebral palsy, chronic pain conditions, disability, fibromyalgia, personal, self-acceptance
By Guest on 25 November, 2009
The first time I held my cane, I cried.
It wasn’t a feeling I expected, to be honest. I’d been fired the week before from a job I enjoyed, for telling my employer I was in too much pain to stand for the entire shift, but things were coming out on my side. I had all my friends and family supporting me, and I’d found enough self-esteem to file a complaint with the provincial Human Rights Commission, alleging discrimination on the basis of disability. It was time, in my mind, to give up beating around the bush.
Posted in bodies, guest post, social attitudes | Tagged assistive devices, biography, self-acceptance
By Chally on 16 November, 2009
Question Time is a series in which we open up the floor to you, commenters. We invite you to share as you feel comfortable. What are your assistive devices, if any? (‘Assistive device’ defined as broadly as you like.)
Posted in Question Time | Tagged assistive devices
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