by Gloria | Feb 3, 2023 | Accessibility, Adventures, Travel, Your Life, Your World
Last year, we had the opportunity to take (another) trip of a lifetime. Since becoming wheelchair dependent I have been able to continue traveling with the help of careful planning, a supportive family and having good “assistive...
by Gloria | Nov 5, 2017 | Accessibility, community, Transportation, Your Life, Your Town
When we have lived a large part of our adult lives without major disabilities, encountering restrictions on everyday activities, like jumping in the car and going, can be very hard to accept. And developing the mindset for smoothly seeking alternatives may not come...
by Gloria | Oct 29, 2017 | Accessibility, Your Life, Your Work
Those of us with disabilities and those of us “on disability” do not have a monopoly on getting distracted and not getting enough done. But, because we have some justification for not working it can make it easier for many of us to avoid, or at least delay,...
by Gloria | Oct 4, 2017 | Accessibility, Adventures, living well, Your World
While I had traveled extensively in the United States, I had never gone outside of our borders since becoming wheelchair dependent. But, in August my husband and I set out on our most ambitious trip ever. Three weeks in Europe! Our trip included time in Estonia,...
by Gloria | Jun 24, 2017 | Accessibility, community, living well
Throughout our lives all of us have probably had times when we wanted to be more or less anonymous and more or less memorable. Things have been said that individuals with disabilities are often ignored or treated as “invisible”. My experience has been quite the...