I was reading a blog post, ‘Be Prepared’, from the HeyDad blog … Rodney raises a very common concern – explaining disability to your child. For the benefit of any parents reading this post, I thought that I would provide one ‘kid’s’ perspective on when I realised I was ‘different’, what I asked my parents, how they handled it and how I felt about their reaction.
I think that I first began to
My ten year school reunion is coming up and with it the memories.
What was school like for me? Until I hit high school I was a novelty. People wanted to keep me company, they wanted to push my chair or be the one chosen by the teacher to help me out.
But high school (with the exception of my 'second' year 12 - more on that later), with its mixture of hormones and peer pressure, was mostly painful
I have three older brothers. I sometimes wonder if my disability has had any impact on how they see their little sister.
My eldest brother always seemed a lot older than me. He was protective and used to try and tell me what to do while advising me that it was for my own good. I never listened. When we where growing up he liked to wear a leather jacket and sneak out a lot, just because he could.
My
Have you ever heard a complete stranger comment that you are an angel? I have and I always wonder where they assume I hide my wings.
People who think such things mean well. I think for the most part it’s intended as a compliment, but from personal experience it’s one that can leave you feeling kind of weird on the wrong day and make you die in fits of laughter on the others.
It sounds obvious to
