I don’t care about being disabled. I don’t care about a magic cure. It’d be convenient to be able to walk and climb and jump and use the bathroom and take a shower just like everyone else, but I’m okay with never knowing how. Most people I tell this to don’t understand why I say this, but it’s a popular sentiment among many people with disabilities. So Much Work Most of us, if there were a cure tomorrow for all disabilities, would spend more time figuring out how to balance, bear weight, walk, dress, tie shoes, jump, stretch, run, drive, cook – any the activities we’ve never done before or…

The Winter Paralympics started last Friday. But Peacock hid the Opening ceremonies at the bottom of the home page so it took forever to find it. This is completely different coverage than what the Winter Olympics received – and the Winter Olympics received very high ratings. So the Winter Paralympics should be getting a boost from a successful Winter Olympics games, right? Well… NBC promised that coverage would be nearly identical between the Olympics and the Paralympics, but it has been far, far worse and nearly forgotten. For reference, the Olympic Committee is different than Paralympic Committee. They are two separate entities that agree to have these events back to…

Last week, I wrote about the pros and cons of some forms of transportation. This week, the focus is on paratransit services. Paratransit services are a type of public transit that supplements the fixed route systems for people with disabilities (and most of the time includes seniors). These services are provided to a person with a disability when you live a certain distance away from a bus stop. In my town, it’s one mile. I live .9 miles away from a bus stop and had to get a doctor’s note while in school that says I should not have to go to the bus stop a mile away in my…