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5 Ideas the Chronically Ill Should Look at When They Make Choices

Do I do this—or that? Rest or hold my grandchild? Shop with a friend or stay home? Take care of my health or attend an important meeting? And on and on and on. In our daily lives as chronically ill people, we need decision-making ideas. We face more choices with serious consequences than healthy people […]

Breaking Barriers: Strategies for Digital Nomads with Disabilities

Note from Carole: Guest Post Like to travel but you’re disabled? Want or need more income? See how to combine these two ideas as you read our guest post by Ashley Taylor. She tells how jobs and travel for disabled people can be combined. Breaking Barriers: Strategies for Digital Nomads with Disabilities ©Ashley Taylor The […]

Exercise Is Important: Will You Swim, Bike, Ride, or Count the Time?

Exercise for fun??? Yeah, right! Especially if you, like me, have physical reasons that make exercise difficult. But, wait. Exercising can be fun. Especially if you have friendly competition. Or if you and others serve as a team. Our church sponsors a month-long emphasis on exercise. Each year, people from 20 to 25 U.S. states […]

Disasters Strike at Any Time! See How to Prepare for Comfort and Safety

Where will you be when an emergency hits? Have you even thought about it? If you’re on the 10th floor and can’t walk when a fire happens, how will you escape? If you’re on electric equipment, do you have plans for a power failure? Emergency preparedness for chronically ill people is critical. We were taken […]

Can Invisibly Disabled People Plan Time for Fun Projects?

Invisible disabilities: often unpredictable difficulties. Planning: deciding in advance on actions to take to achieve a specific purpose. Planning and invisible disabilities can’t co-exist, can they? In 2005, we bought our first digital camera. Before then, we took slides and have several thousand. For years, I’ve known these slides need to be transferred to digital […]

When You Can’t Do What It’s Super Important to Do

You might think this post is about Carole Griffitts’ family reunion. Well … it is, and it isn’t. My family recently had a reunion. But when I was there, I could NOT do what I really wanted to. That often happens to people with serious limitations. So, what do we do? FJ and I just […]

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