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Our veterans go through a lot in the service of our country, so it is no surprise that this population is more prone to disabilities, both physical and mental. Fortunately, having a service dog can make your life easier when you're running errands and handling other daily activities. They can also help during periods of heightened anxiety or panic attacks. Today, SPORKS! outlines some ways that your new friend can improve your quality of life and enhance your overall happiness.
Have you thought about launching your own ecommerce businesses? If you’re looking for ways to bring in some extra income while still being around to care for your kids, becoming an entrepreneur might be the perfect path for you! Parents with disabilities can thrive in entrepreneurial roles that offer freedom and flexibility unmatched by traditional employment. Of course, starting a business is always easier said than done.
Providing for a family can be hard, and that can be even more true for parents with disabilities. However, a disability doesn't have to hinder you from earning an income. In fact, you can leverage your lived experience to find profitable side gigs that enable you to complete meaningful work on terms that work for you.
In your loneliness, you're not alone. It's natural and typical to feel lonely from time to time.
The fact that it is prevalent does not imply that loneliness will not overwhelm you. This is why, if you're now experiencing this, you could be wondering why and how to stop feeling lonely.
If you are someone like me, when a mental health curveball suddenly comes hurdling through, having an episode that stretches from days to months is not uncommon - just incredibly frustrating and distracting. Truth is, sometimes the start of a new year might actually come in the summer.
The film begins with a reunion of Dr. Howard Schubiner’s first group of participants who worked through the program of how to release the mind of its pain producing patterns. I am hooked within the first five minutes and cannot look away for the next 80 minutes. The participants represent various parts of my life experience including pain, fatigue, headaches, and decreased ability to work. The participants also represent other experiences I do not encounter such as daily pain killers including narcotics and over-the-counter medications to attempt to alleviate the pain.
Inspiration porn objectifies people with disabilities. I’m all for celebrating the accomplishments of disabled people just like I’m all in on celebrating the accomplishments of non-disabled people. But that’s the thing – the accomplishment itself is what should be celebrated, not the fact that even a person with a disability can make it happen. And the message given either overtly or subliminally to able-bodied people to just try harder really just uses disabled people as a tool.
If you live with a disability, buying an existing home means you are either going to have to narrow your search down to places that are already accessible, or you will have to renovate and add the accessibility features you need. In this article brought to you by SPORK!, we discuss how to find a home that suits your particular mobility needs as well as how to modify an existing home to suit them. Use this information when searching through homes to make your home-buying experience easier.
The desire to pass increases the more others rank impairments according to a preconceived idea that some impairments decrease quality of life more than others. People with disabilities can speak out against this hierarchy and support each other without trying to one-up another's impairment.
I hate the term “special needs.” There, I said it. I know that statement is going to raise the ire of some people, but I have good reasons for my antipathy.
Let’s start with the term “special.” When I looked up the word “special” in the dictionary, the definitions were “better,” “greater,” or “otherwise different from what is considered usual.” Does that mean that the term “special needs” refers to needs that are better? Probably not. Needs that are “greater?” Quite possibly. Needs that are “otherwise different from usual”? Also, quite possibly and most likely.
