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…
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Carving New Paths: How Young Adults with Disabilities Are Thriving in Business by Jillian Day
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…
The Job Hunt with a Disability: Real Tips, No Fluff by Jillian Day
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…
Reflections of My Heart: Palate of Purity
It was now one year later, 1987. A Friday night in November. I had graduated college and accepted a freelance job teaching chair aerobics at the Beverly Hills YMCA. Yes, you might ask. How can a person with one arm…
Transform Your Home for Comfortable Aging 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…
Empowering Accessibility: How to Thrive as a Digital Nomad 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…
Reflections of My Heart: Crashing
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…
Reflections of My Heart: Asylum
Years ago, I met a man. We were perfect, or so I thought, but then he ghosted on me. Disappeared from my life. What went wrong? Was it because of my disabilities? I will never know. Has this happened to…
If I Can Do It, So Can You: Hear Me Speak
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking to the Rotary Club of World Disability Advocacy. The recording is live on YouTube. Please let me know what you think, and if my journey of advocacy resonates with you.
News Flash: Hear Me Speak on the Post-Polio Syndrome Advocacy Group TOMORROW!
Ken Masson, the founder of the Post-Polio Advocacy Group in Rotary International, asked me to interview about my life story. Issues such as growing up with disabilities and then being labeled as borderline mentally retarded as an adult, and making…