How do I blog? What can you expect?
My blog posts will sometimes be long, sometimes short or medium. When I write a post, I have two things in mind, the first is to give value and the second is to make it clear. I won’t be focusing on the length, but if it gets too long, I’ll split it up.
When I plan for a post, this is my outline (not all are shown in the actual post)
- The topics and categories
- (some may be 18+ and I’ll make sure you know before you begin reading)
- The lessons and takeaways I want you to have from the post (1-3)
- This will be similar to the summary
- The post
- The immediately actionable items (what can you do as soon as you finish reading)
- A summary at the bottom if you want to read the 3-sentence version of the post
- An extra little gift (I prefer to overdeliver)
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A Skill to Traverse Any Terrain
In short, I want to tell you a great way I found to get around a crazy obstacle. It requires the help of 1-2 people, personal strength, and perhaps some gloves. I was hiking on a trail with my mother and my girlfriend when we came upon a very rocky part of the trail that …
Whats the Point of Paraplegics Wearing a Belt
My insight from experience Note: This is a belt for pants, not for a car. Whenever I put on a belt, I wonder if anyone notices and then ask themselves why I would do such a thing seeing as I’m on a wheelchair. I ask the same thing of myself, and then don’t put on …
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Thoughts on being in/on a wheelchair
There’s good in the bad and bad in the good. Although there are some benefits to being in a wheelchair, not everyone can take advantage of them because it requires more than JUST being in a wheelchair. Here are some benefits I’ve experienced: These are all nice, but I argue that everything is harder for …
Paraplegics Getting Compensation From Airlines
Recently, I used an airline to go on a short trip somewhere. What happened was that once the airplane landed, I patiently waited for every single other passenger to get off, and then waited for someone with an aisle chair to come and assist me with getting off. They never came. Luckily I had my …
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Creativity Is the Rule, Not the Exception
A quick opinion When it comes to being in a wheelchair it’s almost entirely up to you as to how much of anything you’ll do. Of course, this could be classified as an ableist statement, and if that’s what you think then I’m inclined to put you on my list of people that I entirely …
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Finding Apartments For Paraplegics
What I’ve done When it comes to finding an apartment for yourself (if in a wheelchair) or anyone else in a wheelchair, there’s a lot to consider and it’s not easy. Let’s set the context: I was in Michigan and looking for apartments in the Denver, CO area. This is already a good bit easier …
A Story on Growing Confidence and Pooping With the Door Open
How courage and confidence have become my priority for putting myself first. The university I attended had a lot of inaccessibility. So much so that there was a group that started just to address it, I’m talking about basic ADA compliance. There’s a bathroom with only a single stall that when I go in, the …
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Being Happy In A Wheelchair?!?
There’s being happy and being in a wheelchair, being happy despite being in a wheelchair, being happy to be in a wheelchair, and probably infinite ways to say it such that there’s a subtle difference. Myself personally, I have only ever been happy despite being in a wheelchair. And that of course is important because …
Thinking About What Accessibility Truly Means
I consider myself on the low end of accessibility because of everything I know I’m able to accomplish and have accomplished. Most of it with some help but a lot of it is just me figuring it out and using my strength and ingenuity. The larger part of it all is patience. Although not everything …
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Thoughts on Discretion
I was going to write about diapers, but then as I wrote this in my head, I found a larger topic to discuss. Here are my thoughts on discretion. The main issue anyone will encounter when going to the store and buying diapers as an adult is their ego. The issue that anyone who sees …
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