Mental Health and Spinal Cord Injury: Navigating the Challenges and Finding Support
Living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) can be a challenging experience for many people. I've experienced that first-hand. Not only do we...
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Unlock a World of Possibilities: Hire a Disabled Person Today!
In today's society, businesses should prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) in their hiring practices. Hiring a disabled...
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Find Inspiration in Unexpected Places: Wheelchair-Users Showing Us What's Possible!
It's amazing what representation can do to a person. Recognizing yourself in a public figure can uplift and inspire. I've experienced...
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A Love Unrequited: Exploring the Complex Relationships Between Paraplegics and Devotees.
Disability devotee; a person who has a preference for people with disabilities, often as a sexual attraction. My first encounter was when...
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Road to Miss Wheelchair World
If I want to apply to Miss Wheelchair World 2022? Last year September I've received a message from a former contestant with this...
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Unlock the Doors to Equality: Diversity, Inclusion and Equity - A Necessity, Not a Choice.
Calling for diversity and link it to justice and equality is a good thing. But there is more to it. Diversity, inclusion and equity are...
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Entering a World of Uncertainty: Navigating the Complexities of Disability Fetishization
When I became paralyzed I continued to post pictures of myself on Instagram. I did not feel shame about moving around in a wheelchair. It...
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Let's Talk About Sex
Can you have sex? Can you have kids? These are very common questions abled people ask me, being a wheelchair user, a paraplegic. The...
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Adapting to Change: Reflecting on What's Truly Important - Corona Pandemic
Living with a spinal cord injury also means you are more vulnerable in the current situation with the corona crisis. The respirational...
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Labeled and Unlabeled: Diversity and Inclusion: Is One Possible Without the Other?
Every person is unique. And that's your greatest strength. I never fitted in, so I know what being labelled as 'different' feels like. I...
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Making Your Environment More Accessible - Small effort, big difference.
So maybe you have a relative, a friend, a colleague or a neighbor that goes through life using a wheelchair. Or maybe you've once broke...
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Domino Effect
We all have good and bad days or weeks. My days are filled with dealing with "accessible". Yesterday and the day before that I couldn't...
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Still Single (& Disabled)
"But you're too pretty to be in a wheelchair" is a comment I often hear. Having a disability is linked to being unattractive, sick or...
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Winning Loser
When people ask you what you do in life, what do you say? It's normal to reply by telling what you do for a living. Right? I feel like I...
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I want to Walk Again
Since exo-skeletons are very expensive, starting at 90.000 euros, it's not some amount (most) people just have. So what would you do?...
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Adapted Clothing?
Clothes, we all need it to protect our bodies but we also use it to communicate who we are, it's part of out identity. When you have a...
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The Bright Side Of being disabled
There must be some positive side to this all. Yes, of course! I believe there is. Being disabled is not always bad. Here is why. Number 1:...
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