I do not complain about my actual disability at all. My mother even told me that this last weekend. I complain how outside factors make it hard for me to exist outside of my house – and even inside my house it’s hard. I don’t live in an accessible unit. The least accessible part of living in the United States is the lack of transportation options. We have public transportation in some cities, but they’re not the safest places to be, especially as a woman with a physical disability. We have Uber and Lyft, but they challenge disability rights and laws left and right. And wheelchair accessible vehicles aren’t readily…
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When I was in elementary school, I got to play recreation wheelchair basketball and hockey. Not the sled hockey, but still on the ice, and still a lot of crashing. It is probably the best time of my childhood. I would go and play basketball with other people just like me. I don’t remember if we were all the same age. The organizer was an adult man, but I can’t remember any of the people. I just knew I loved it and I wanted to go every time. I also would get McDonald’s after it most of the time, so that was another plus. Importance of Adaptive Sports Organized sports…
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In 2010, the Americans with Disabilities Act received updates to bring the Act into the Digital Age. One of these updates is concert ticketing. Recently, I attended a concert with my mom. Wonderful experience, 11/10 would do it again but maybe not on the coldest night of the year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fiserv Forum is new, universally designed, and beautiful. The updated 2010 ADA law covers ticket sales and prices, what constitutes as “accessible seating”, the secondary ticket market, holding and releasing tickets for seating and fraud prevention when purchasing accessible tickets. That last part is a MAJOR problem. Purchasing Accessible Tickets Anyone can buy accessible tickets online. There is…
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I was born and raised in northern Wisconsin. If there is one thing that remains a constant, it’s how inaccessible the winter is. It’s miserable. If you don’t know anything about Wisconsin winter, it lasts about six months. If we’re unlucky, it snows for the first time at the end of September and the last snow has happened in the middle of May in my own memory. Currently, as I’m writing this, it is a whole 11 degrees outside. Two weeks ago, it was the coldest day of the year where the high temperature reached -9 degrees (F). I am always cold due to poor circulation and I have Reynaud’s…