Category Archives: Personal Experience

NCIL’d and Dimed

Posted on August 2, 2011 by dnichols

What do you do when you hate your disability and are suddenly surrounded by hundreds of other people with disabilities? That’s what I was trying to figure out while staring at my scooter’s steering wheel during the opening plenary of … Continue reading →

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Some Days It Just Hurts

Posted on July 21, 2011 by mbullis

There’s no denying that some days it just hurts. No matter how I act, no matter what I do, the world simply won’t budge. I’m walking to the bus stop this morning and arrive just as the bus pulls up. … Continue reading →

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The Reversal

Posted on February 19, 2011 by mbullis

I was leaving our building the other day at Hampton Plaza and encountered a woman in the elevator who decided that I needed help.  I’m blind, so, carry a white cane and often folks decide that this must mean, without … Continue reading →

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