introduction

Hello there

teachingsick wrote in friendly_crips Sep 23, 2014 17:38

Hi everyone ( Read more... )

introduction, studying, conditions: churg-strauss syndrome, mobility

Just saying hi

skezier wrote in friendly_crips Oct 28, 2012 00:08

Just a bit about me ( Read more... )

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Introductory Post

ysabetwordsmith wrote in friendly_crips Sep 30, 2012 15:23

sammason invited me over here after seeing my Hurt-Comfort Bingo Card. I often write about characters with disabilities, across quite a wide range of handicaps, mostly in speculative fiction and poetry. (My own body has an assortment of challenges but I rarely post about that.) I know some people with various disabilities too. The writing started as a ( Read more... )

introduction, visibility, science fiction, poetry, the author

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jessworner wrote in friendly_crips Sep 22, 2012 17:52

Hi there,
My name is Jess and I'm new to this community, which I was invited to join by sammason. *waves* :-)
I thought I would share this video which I stumbled across last week when I was looking through the biUK website. The talk occurs in the context of a larger presentation about mental health amongst bisexual people, and this particular part is about ( Read more... )

introduction, sexuality, films or movies, conditions: mental

Another intro post!

nightshade1972 wrote in friendly_crips Mar 18, 2012 20:53

I was born in 1972 with hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain". I've had 17 brain surgeries, beginning when I was 3 weeks old; the two most recent were a week apart in July '04. My userpic was taken at the '02 Hydrocephalus Assn convention in Chicago, my hometown (although I've lived in Houston since '84 ( Read more... )

introduction, conditions: hydocephalus, conditions: fibromyalgia

Since the cool kids are doing it :-)

rainbow_goddess wrote in friendly_crips Mar 18, 2012 13:49

Here's another introduction post ( Read more... )

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Lesbians with neurological conditions?

farnam wrote in friendly_crips Jul 11, 2011 18:43

Hi, I hope people don't mind me promoting another group here, but this is something that matters deeply to a good friend of mine. She is feeling a tad isolated at the moment, and has set up a facebook group to see if she can find any other people who are lesbains and also experience neurological disabilities. if you know of anyone it would be ( Read more... )

internet: online resources, introduction, socialising, support, blogs, conditions: neurological, sexuality, the disabled person, information

momomom wrote in friendly_crips Jun 12, 2011 01:19

Hi, I have LJ friended or chatted with many of you here and there. I am 57 years old, married and a retired nurse. I have 3 adult children and am looking forward to my first grandchild this fall. I have a variety of orthopedic challenges (spinal stenosis and fusion, bad hip and IT band issues on right, various peripheral nerve issues) that ( Read more... )

introduction, diagnosis

Intro!

mdehners wrote in friendly_crips Jun 11, 2011 10:58

Howdy! I'm Pat, a Middle-aged Heathen Gay longterm survivor PWA(told that I had a couple yrs to live in "85")with severe hiv related Neuropathy living on the Florida Gulf Coast with his also Disabled Partner of 13 yrs and Tramatized Rescued dog(Burns from nasty boys). We moved here from California to take care of my parents who, in their 80's are ( Read more... )

sex and relationships, introduction, family, religion, conditions: aids and hiv