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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If you’re here for the first time hi! The introductory post to JWL was last week. Now, this week, we move on to the biggest reason I exist. Advocacy is the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal. This is the definition from Merriam-Webster Dictionary. You can advocate for any cause. For instance, I can advocate for something like wearing pink on Wednesdays. I can advocate for another person, like a family member or a friend. However, my favorite type of advocacy is self-advocacy. Self-advocacy is defined as a skill of effectively communicating your own needs, wants, and rights to achieve goals. Self-advocacy is a learned skill. People with…
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Over the course of the last few years, a lot changed in my life. I went to school to become an Occupational Therapy Assistant. I graduated from my program (with Honors). A few months later, I took the hardest test I ever have had to take to earn my license to practice Occupational Therapy and earned my certification. I am now engaged, however, I can’t get legally married thanks to the disability benefits system (we’ll visit that topic later) and I spent a full year dealing with health concerns ultimately from my old wheelchair attacking me. Another way the health care system is reactive and not proactive. Another story I will…