We all reach points in our lives where we are faced with obstacles that we aren’t ready to face but as people with disabilities we have no choice but to face them and stomp on them head-on so here are…
I recently came across Netflix’s Crip Camp after many friends recommend I watched the film from the second I saw James Lebrecht pop up on my screen and tell his story about how difficult it was for him growing up…
I have always been a frequent user of social media since the age of 10 years old. Over the past decade I realize that social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat have been a huge coping mechanism for me throughout…
For this blog entry, I decided to do something a little bit different since I’m on my eighth day of quarantine due to the coronavirus and I’m about to go stir crazy, to be honest, “laugh out loud”. I wanted…
When I was 8 years old my parents decided it would be the right time for me to get baptized and learn more about my faith so they signed me up for CCD Classes at the night school for one…
March is Cerebral palsy awareness month, which is dedicated to the 17 million people diagnosed with Cerebral palsy around the world. I first got diagnosed with Cerebral palsy at the age of 2 years old. Growing up with a condition…
Recently I had the opportunity to be a keynote speaker at the first annual virtual Cerebral Palsy awareness conference. Throughout the last eight days, I began to reflect on my journey and how far I’ve come in my life and…
Once upon a time, we lived in a society where referring to someone with Cerebral Palsy as “crippled” was okay but truth be told it was never okay, to begin with. First of all, referring to someone as “crippled” is…
I recently watched Netflix’s “Crip Camp”; a documentary that follows the story of people with disabilities who go to a General Education summer camp to find an escape from the reality of having a disability so what are some lessons…
