The Squeaky Wheelchair
My name is Kathleen Downes. I blog about my life in a squeaky pink wheelchair. Seatbelts optional.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Lessons I Learned At The Empire State Games: Reflecting on Seventeen Amazing Competitions
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Today I participated in my seventeenth Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged, and because I am now twenty- one years old, it was...
Friday, May 23, 2014
Help Is Not a Dirty Word: Constructing Independence As Something Other Than "Never Depending on Anyone"
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Society tells us from the time we are young that the best disabled people do not depend on anyone. "Being raised to not depend on anyo...
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Saturday, May 3, 2014
The American Dream Also Has Wheels: Reforming Medicaid to Give People with Disabilities Equal Opportunity
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From the time we are young, we are told that if we work hard, we can achieve anything in America. That we get what we wor...
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