“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…
“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…
[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…
In 1984, while going for my daily walk to think, rejuvenate, and exercise my body, I looked up and saw another bird. Do you remember the one I told you about before? Being In tune with all of life, great…