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A Wise KarenKat

  Hello, dear readers, Today I will tell you a story about a very wise cat. She wasn’t a real cat, but her parents and friends called her Kat. She didn’t hunt for mice—she hunted for the truth. Ever since…

Despite All

To all my readers: There are many of us who have put in a lifetime of effort to become self-sufficient in this complex world. But despite all we have done, society claims we cannot take care of ourselves, make our…

How to Build an Accessible Home from Planning to Progress, 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 family member, who has a visual impairment, had trouble finding a dinner recipe online that he could read…

A Life Tour of One Person’s Hopes and Dreams

In this post, you will see how one woman with the disabilities of cerebral palsy and dyslexia made her life a reflection of her hopes and dreams.  Being a person with cerebral palsy, I always wished and prayed to become…

How to Launch a Successful Business as an Entrepreneur with a Disability, 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 family member, who has a visual impairment, had trouble finding a dinner recipe online that he could read…

Ableism Must End

This has been the story of my life. No matter how much effort I put into my work, I have been harassed, intimidated, and misused by authorities, outfaced and stared down by co-workers, and intimidated by their icy gaze. This…

Home Tour

I am writing this post to all my readers to let them know that if you want to live on your own, in your very own apartment or home, you can. Even if you are quadriplegic or paraplegic, you can…

Fighting to Exist

I’d barely been born and already had to fight to remain alive. That was seven and a half decades ago. Although it seems like yesterday that it happened. Sometimes a lifetime of achievement can be reduced to symbols or markers,…

Why Do We Say The Things We Mean?

  “I’m a sick, disabled person. I have been since I was born. Please feel sorry for me!” That is the image the world has been comfortable with, ever since I was an infant. But not me, and no one…

Women’s History Month

Did you know that Women’s History Month, also known as Women’s Contribution Month, is a month-long celebration of the women who have contributed to culture, history, and society? It grew out of a week-long exploration by dozens of children in…

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