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Tag: Disabilty

The Quality of My Life

Have you ever contemplated the worth of your life? What is my disabled life worth? Anything?

#MentalHealthAwareness, Aging, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Caregivers, Disabilty, Disabled, dissociative identity disorder, Ehlers-Danlos Awareness, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, fatigue, Fluoroquinolone Toxicity, hEDS, Home Health Care, isolation, Levofloxacin, Life, Life After Disability, Mental Illness, Neurodivergent, nonfiction writing, Quality of Life, Right to Life, writing

Teach Our Children Jobs

As I write this, more than 10 full-time home health care positions exist within a mile of my location and there is no one to fill them.

#WhatDisabledPeopleKnow, Caregivers, carers, Children, Disabilty, Disabled, Education, Home Health, Home Health Care, teenagers

My Path to Diagnosis

For Ehlers-Danlos Awareness month, we are prompted to share our paths to diagnosis for day fifteen. It was a dreary … More

Antibiotic, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autistic, cannabis, chronic pain, diagnosis, Disabilty, Drug Injury, Ehlers-Danlos Awareness, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Fluoroquinolone Toxicity, Levaquin, Levofloxacine, Medical Marijuana, MyEDSChallenge, Ronald George Slighte

Luered to TikTok for Advocacy

It was only days after my official autism diagnosis that I felt compelled to download and install an app I … More

#KeepTalkingMH, #MentalHealthAwareness, Activism, ASD, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, disability, Disabilty, Disabled, dissociative identity disorder, EDS, Education, Ehlers-Danlos Awareness, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hEDS, Memoir, Mental Health, Mental Illness, mental injury, MyEDSChallenge, Neurodivergence, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, PTSD, publishing, Social Media, Spectrum Processing Disorder, TikTok, Video, videos, YouTube

Diagnosis: Zebra

After lifetimes of confusing medical problems, an answer is now clear for many “When you hear hoofprints, think horses.” That … More

Antibiotic, diagnosis, Disabilty, Drug Injury, EDS, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Fluoroquinolone Toxicity, Healthcare, hEDS, inflammation, joint pain, Levofloxacin, Maggie Slighte, MyEDSChallenge, neuropathy, Papa Ostler, prescription, research, Stripes, tendonitis, tendonopathy, zebra

Asking for Help

What happens when a disabled person can no longer care for themselves and their home? Asking for help seems simple, perhaps, for those who’ve never had to, but for those of us who are used to doing for ourselves, it is quite complex.

#MentalHealthAwareness, Aging, Caregiving, Disabilty, Disabled, Healthcare, Home Health Care, no one can handle her, pneumonia

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