The Squeaky Wheelchair
My name is Kathleen Downes. I blog about my life in a squeaky pink wheelchair. Seatbelts optional.
Friday, July 18, 2014
The Doctor Was Right About Me: Why We Need To Stop Shutting Those Who Do Not "Defy Medical Odds" Out
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I'm not sure if you have seen the article floating around social media about Ben Jackson, a young man born with spastic cerebral palsy ...
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Monday, June 30, 2014
I'm Not Going To Run You Over: Why Comparing My Chair To A Car Doesn't Help
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It is fairly common for parents with curious young children to explain a wheelchair as "like a car". I understand the reflex to e...
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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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