Maintaining Relationships After a Life Altering Event
Paracanoe Gold Medalist Curtis McGrath Shares His Story On August 23rd, 2012, at just 24 years old, life changed in a flash for Curtis...
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One Tip at a Time
Valuing the Experience of The Disabled Community A few months before I left for college I received the best advice from a friend and...
A Stacked System
Cutting Through the Red Tape I saw a post on social media this week that made me pause. It said that the office jobs that say "Must be...
An Era of Accessibility
This pandemic has affected everyone in one way or another. People around the world have lost their jobs, loved ones, and their normal way...
The World Needs More Disability Representation in Literature
A Call to Diversify Fiction Growing up, I can’t say that I saw myself represented on the pages of the books I read. Only once did I...
Wheelchair Fencing
An Excuse to Play with Swords I have been fascinated by sword fighting since I was little. The idea that disagreements were settled by a...
Problems Don’t Fix Themselves
How Can People With Disabilities Make Sure We Are Considered in the Event of An Emergency? I have had some very creative solutions...
Everyone Can Climb
An Adaptive Sport Taking People With Disablities to New Heights...Literally. I have always been the type of person who will try anything...
Lead, Don't Follow
We Can't Just Sit Around Climate change is an issue that encompasses everyone. We all live on this planet. I learned that climate change...
Taking the "Normal" Route
The Illusion of What People Want to See For people with disabilities, access is especially lacking. This doesn't end with buildings. It...
A Fundamental Perspective Shift
Justin Pines Shares the Challenges and Opportunities of Bouncing Back Post-Injury At the age of 30, Justin Pines was an able-bodied man...
A How to Guide: Becoming a Mother with a Disability
A Paralympian and Physician, Dr. Cheri Blauwet Shares Her Path to Motherhood As a young woman with right-side hemiparesis that greatly...
Where is Accessibility in Disaster Planning?
Today I want to cover the issue of accessibility, climate change and disasters in cases when evacuation is needed. In the building where...
How Our Disability Affects the Intensity of Our Fitness Routines
Dear Readers, Today I am going to share my thoughts on my disability in terms of how it relates to exercising and maintaining a healthy...
2-Years in the Blink of an Eye!
Hello Everybody! I have not written a blogpost in a while. Why am I writing today? Well, it is TGOW’s Two-year anniversary. Oh, how fast...
The Family and its Infrastructure
This New Year’s Eve I became an aunt. I was so happy for my brother and sister-in-law because I knew how much they’ve been wanting this...
The Present Is For You
A friend of mine once said to me, I am traveling like I am never coming back to that place ever again. The truth is, my disability has...