It's almost over, but October is, was, and will be Disability Awareness Month. We all know someone with a disability, whether visible, invisible, or undiagnosed. I've been dealing with back issues and walking issues for most of my adult life, in addition to my OCD. I am always aware of these things. It's nice to have people stop once in a while and talk about how disability impacts them, the people around them, and their lives as a whole.
We need to be compassionate. We need to be understanding. And most of all, we need to be kind to ourselves and others. We're all we've got here.
Teal Sherer is an awesome actress (and appears in my upcoming Mira Grant novella, "Rolling in the Deep," as a professional mermaid). She has written and produced a comedy about being an actress with a disability, and you can watch it on YouTube now:
I think you'd like my Australian friend Ricky Buchanan. She is quite seriously disabled, but as her webpage says, she's Not Done Living! She also has a Zazzle store No Pity City, with t-shirts and buttons and things bearing delightfully sarky sayings about disability-related topics. She's really a wonderful person; she's also one of the two best huggers in the Southern Hemisphere.
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October 30 2014, 05:00:40 UTC 2 years ago Edited: October 30 2014, 05:04:30 UTC
October 30 2014, 16:19:22 UTC 2 years ago