In honor of our country’s 250th anniversary, I’d like to share with all my readers some contributions that several women have made to America. Perhaps the biggest struggle remaining in this country is the advancement of inclusion for the disability…
In honor of our country’s 250th anniversary, I’d like to share with all my readers some contributions that several women have made to America. Perhaps the biggest struggle remaining in this country is the advancement of inclusion for the disability…
I am going to tell you a story about myself that will blow you away. This actually happened to me fresh out of high school. I was only eighteen years old and still finding my voice. At that moment, I…
“I don’t want this surgery, Mommy.” In our home, sitting on our couch, I was only eight years old, but looking up into Mama’s compassionate eyes, I knew that, regardless of what the physicians wanted, I had to speak up…
This story is from my life. It’s all true, and I hope my readers will gain a sense of what it’s like to live with any type of cerebral palsy, whether acquired before birth or after. What people with CP…
How do we, as people with disabilities, deal with authority figures who are neither transparent nor honest? They think they know better than we do, and that we cannot comprehend their motives. So they hide them. Also, they refuse to…
[Editor’s note: Jillian Day created 508Assist.org to help people all across the web make their sites accessible to individuals with disabilities. A close family member, who has a visual impairment, had trouble finding a dinner recipe online that he could…
I wrote this poem in 1983 for Al Gilbert, who was an absolute angel in my life. From my early childhood (age three), he taught me, he cared for me, and he loved me—teaching me to dance and healing my…
Image: Freepik Carving New Paths: How Young Adults with Disabilities Are Thriving in Business By Jillian Day [Editor’s note: Jillian Day created 508Assist.org to help people all across the web make their sites accessible to individuals with disabilities. A close…
Image: Freepik [Editor’s note: Jillian Day created 508Assist.org to help people all across the web make their sites accessible to individuals with disabilities. A close family member, who has a visual impairment, had trouble finding a dinner recipe online that…
[Editor’s note: Jillian Day created 508Assist.org to help people all across the web make their sites accessible to individuals with disabilities. A close family member, who has a visual impairment, had trouble finding a dinner recipe online that he could read…