Ode to an Electric Blanket Electric blanket Plush Blue Why Did it take me so long To Order You? Your warm embrace Is like a bath No My return to the amniotic sac The most comfortable place Where with Little effort All is provided for you All you need to do is float. Most …
Photo: Can you spot me? I am in the photo on my Atto Scooter. I didn’t dare take it on the ice. Travelling to Toronto with my Atto Mobility Scooter These are my big takeaways if you are use mobility aids during a visit to Toronto. 1. TTC Streetcars are the best way to get …
Am I Yumnaya? Have you heard about these ancient paleo-lithic people? Did anyone else catch The Daily podcast on Jan 31, 2024? Carl Zimmer -a science journalist from the New York Times- came on to talk about how scientists can now extract whole genomes from fossils, they are able to reconstruct what these ancient people …
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We Need To Start an Accessible Bathroom Patrol My biggest pet peeve since becoming disabled are inaccessible washrooms. There are 5 kinds of shitty bathrooms – I’m not talking literally. 1. The extremely heavy door without a push button opener. These doors are so heavy that even ablebodied people have a hard time opening them. …
Making the world a better place through restrooms Lord, please make all the the doors to all the restrooms openable…. This may sound like a pervy request but my biggest pet peeve since becoming disabled is inaccessible washrooms. There are 6 kinds of shitty bathrooms – I’m not talking literally. The extremely heavy door …
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When my MS progressed, I was totally unprepared for how differently the world would treat me me a disabled person. It turns out that once you start to get a handle on your new body, the hardest thing is other people. There’s something about disability that brings out the worst in strangers. Is it the …