So, yeah.

Twenty-two years old and I just braided my own hair for the first time. Feel free to laugh, I know it's more than a little pathetic. In my defence, though, one of my hands is semi-paralysed. Not sure if I put this in the Win or Fail column, guys, really.

I still prefer ponytails/pigtails/sloppy-ass-buns if I have to put my hair up, though. ( Read more... )

For crying out loud, people. I thought everyone knew you're supposed to let the old/wheelchair-bound/be-crutched person board the elevator first, not crowd the thing so tight they can't get in.

You are young, athletic, abled-bodied people. Climb the stairs -- because if I see this happen one more time, my gimp ass is taking you all down.

So. About the Tiger Woods Spaz Attack.

On one hand, I'm glad that people are realizing they should be careful with their words. On the other hand, I didn't know what the word meant until last year and I am a spaz. I think we can take that as a sign the term has changed, people. I do realize the term still has power for a lot of people, but unlike " ( Read more... )

So, instead of doing my homework like a responsible adult (it's due today, for crying out loud, and don't admonish me, I'm already doing that myself), I started reading Animorphs #50 so I could get some information on the Auxiliary Animorphs for the Wikipedia article and Animorphs Wiki.

James is even cooler than I remember, for the record, but that ( Read more... )

Oh right, the Auxiliary Animorphs totally got a good representation in the books. Look at them, those holy saints of disability, sacrifing their lives for the Animorphs! No, there's nothing explotative about introducing a bunch of disabled kids for a plot point, hardly mentioning them for two books, and then killing them all. Every. Single. One ( Read more... )

I just joined the cerebral_palsy group. Not really sure how I feel about it...I don't really talk about my CP much, so it should be interesting.