People with disabilities want to talk about their rights all the time and fight how they want to be equal, but don’t get it. What if you just show others who are without your disability maybe people will see you and not your difference. I know I used to be like that I was Ms wheelchair Colorado 2010, I was trying to get better schooling for special needs children: it is still important to me but I don’t as someone who needs so much help daily, I don’t want to my life to be about my CP: I want it to be about how I helped others!
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If we approach the hardships in our life with a great attitude and vulnerability to allow others around us inside our lives to help us in our times of need. Having friends to support you can help the way we handle ourselves through these challenges and can make a difference during those times. We all need help when times get hard. It's not what I went to school for, but I love helping others and inspiring people through my words. Thank you for supporting me. ♥
Thanksgiving
I got to know what Thanksgiving is about, I have come to Portugal now where they don’t know what it is.. So here is my Thanksgiving. I’m thankful that I am different and I can help others, I am so thankful for my family and friends!
Be happy with your difference
Being happy with your difference
Is not easy to do at times
But you are who you are
Be great full for you have
Because there are people
Worse off than you!
I’m a mentor
I’m disabled but I don’t want my life’s work to be about my disability. Yes, at times it can be hard to see others do things which I can’t. But isn’t everyone like that? You don’t see people naming their accounts “walking so on” so why do people who are disabled seem to make everything about their disability, I am not saying that don’t tell people about your disability but it is not the only thing you are! I’m a mentor for mental health because everyone else is so focused on everything else but mental health that whoever has doesn’t want to talk about it: just because they know how others react to any of mental health as a joke but it is not. I think it’s worse than having a disability because they can’t see depression or bipolar and all the other mental health issues there are. This is why I think we should not only focus on what is going on with us. I understand being different is not fun, you can do more or. Is it just me that just wants to do good for others?
Disabled parking permit
You know how sometimes things doesn’t make sense, I use a wheelchair; so that means when I go out. I need to park in the handicap parking lot so I have room for someone to help me get into my wheelchair. Now in Portugal you have to go to a government doctor so they can tell you if you’re disabled enough to get it: even though it’s more annoying because I have been here for 2 years now,it does make sense. Coming from Colorado, getting a disabled parking permit was as easy as going to your doctor and saying that you have a broken leg and you have a permit. Yes I know there are so many kinds of disabilities: but if you are going to ask for it, don’t make up that you are disabled.
How come we are treated like we are kids
How come being in a wheelchair or any other disability: to others means you can’t think for yourself.? I went to a hotel this weekend which is for people with disabilities, sounds great right? No it was all based on kids. Yes I know we know we can’t do everything like someone who can walk but if you have something for the disabled make sure you have something for all ages.
People who you can’t forget
My CP makes me move all the time, I don’t talk well and I am in a wheelchair. In the US they don’t think you should be able to go to a normal class, so I went to a special needs class room which was like daycare for me: but I meant some amazing friendships.! Two of them were like family, we did everything together. But I was trying to figure out I was going to be. I didn’t know how to handle my friend/brother: and also his mom just because I was the only friend who has CP and I could have helped him but I didn’t have the heart like I do now. We don’t talk now, but that doesn’t mean they are not in my heart.
My CP doesn’t say anything about what I can do
My CP can be hard to handle at times: when I get tight, but I can’t do anything about it. In life you can’t change who you are! I am in a wheelchair and I have a hard time talking; I have to have help with everything but I am good with it! Yes I know I can’t do everything but if there’s something I want to do, I will do it. We look at people who are disabled like they can’t do normal things, we can do everything just in a different way with help. Everyone needs help at some point in life, so why is it a big deal to be in a wheelchair? It’s not!
Everyone has a difference
Ok everyone 💟 I have been talking about disability proud month, I used to see the point of it but now as I learn about the difference between people. I see we all have a difference that is a disability in my eyes. Yes I can’t walk, I don’t talk well, I need help with everything I do. But if you look around, we are different from each other, someone might be depressed and they don’t want to tell others. Someone else might just need someone to be there for them.. Yes people who are disabled need more help but we are not that different from the next person…
Becoming a mentor
Becoming a mentor I think it has to come from the heart to truly help someone. I have had my own hard times because of the difference I have, but I had people around me who didn’t care about my difference. Now I know people don’t like to talk about being different but whatever you have; it is you and you are needed. Let’s talk about it and make it cooler to be different!💚
Here’s my thoughts on disability proud month
Here’s my thoughts on disability proud month. I am disabled I need help with everything but personally this new disability proud month doesn’t sit right with me. Look around you, everyone has a disability but we don’t see each of them having proud months. Yes, people in wheelchairs and other special needs:need to show others that we are the same as everyone else but we have to do that every day. I’m proud to be different. I don’t need to show it off.. Because everyone is different!
Government
Hey guys, I know I live in Portugal now, but something has been bugging me about the politics of the us or more people. Yes we should vote for our country, yes we can have your own opinions on the government. But when it comes between friends Who you have known than you just pick up and leave just because they don’t believe the same way. That is wrong, we are different we need each other.
The world doesn’t like differences but the fact is that everyone has a difference between us. We all need help. We have a disability, it doesn’t matter what it is. We don’t live alone for that reason, so we can help each other. So why people with disabilities or mental health problems are put away or they don’t have anyone to help them? I have a lot of things that I need help with daily, I am happy to be different! I want to help others see that it’s good to be different.
Friendship
Life can change, it will change how you think. You may have to move around, you may get to start over in a different country. Life may give you sickness and many others things that will happen in life. But the two things you can always count on are family and true friends who don’t care where you live, they will come. True friends will always find ways to be there for each other.
You
Living with a difference, or disability is not that bad. Depending on how you look at it. You may have to do something in a new way, just because you are in a a wheelchair or whatever you have that’s holding you back. Don’t let it stop you! There are ways and things that can help you do anything.. Anything is possible if you can see it for yourself!
We are all different!
There is something about being different no matter if you have a disability or have a mental health illness, or even if you are a different color. But why do we need to be the same? My difference has helped me see how being can help others. Sure I’ve been through my down times, but I’ve had people to talk, I have people that saw me as I am with my disability but it doesn’t matter to them. Others who thought you couldn’t walk, you can’t think for yourself. So I can tell you, be different and let others know what you have: it could help.
Disability month
This month is disability awareness month! What is a disability? It is when your body doesn’t work the way it should, you can’t walk, talk and so many others that we don’t see. I noticed now that we all have some kind of disability, just some you can see more. That’s not a bad thing, it makes us all different and we can all help each other. And stop all the stigmas!
My thoughts on the Ada
My thoughts on the ADA in America, I don’t think it really helps people with disabilities: yes it has helped in the workplace some. But in case of schooling we get put together in the same classroom no matter if we can get Lean or what not. Yes some need special education but many don’t, many could have normal lives. If we were included with the other kids, then they would see us as equal for they would have grown up with us, but now they don’t see us in school. That’s Why we get others who don’t understand that we can have life without our family sometimes. Yes I am in Portugal now and I have to see different things for people with disabilities but I already feel more included.
Beauty is not
Beauty is not the way you look!
It’s how you act!
What you do for others!
Be open to others!
Love like nobody sees!
HOPE FAITH LAUGHING EQUALLY
HOPE: is knowing that everything is going to be okay.
FAITH: is believing in something bigger.
LAUGHING: is good medicine.
EQUALITY: is seeing everyone for who they are.
LOVE: never ends!
Pride month
Do you know that pride month doesn’t include people with disabilities! Why is that? Why are we so divided? They are people who are people in wheelchairs are gay. So who says that a wheelchair can be involved in pride month! It should be for everyone!
Here’s a little bit of my story and why I love doing this! Giving love with Cerebral palsy. At six months old I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. The doctor informed my parents about a special “home” that could take care of me. I probably would never recognize anybody, talk or even hold my head. My parents already had two teenage brothers and wanted to talk about what to do as a family. So my family did not follow his advice. They worked with me, fussed over my simple achievements, and encouraged me never to give up. My brothers showed me off with pride. Yes I need help with everything I do but I’m still happy. Yes it is not easy to have the kind of CP I have, my body is always moving: I have a hard time talking. But I love helping others who feel different, and I didn’t get to do what I really wanted to do in life, because of my cp.. So I started writing and blogging, then I thought about how much Facebook is used by everyone. I thought it would be a great way for me to do what I love. Hopefully I can make a difference for someone.
Why I do this
This is why I am doing what I’m doing. I have CP, but it is not the kind which most people have. And I use a wheelchair and I have a hard time speaking: so there is a lot of things different about me which makes people push me away or baby talk to me just because they don’t understand it. Mental health isn’t like a disability but it’s being looked towards like one, sometimes even worse! It’s just different and it can be a lot to deal with. But if we all took the time to learn about differences, maybe we won’t be so divided! This is what I’m working on!
Keep on talking about mental health!
The last few days of this month, maybe be more aware of others who have depression, bipolar or other mental health issues and just be a support for someone. Mental health awareness month is just about over, but we can keep talking about it. And maybe one day mental health won’t be pushed away or scary to people!💚
You
You don’t need anyone else to tell you are amazing. You need to tell yourself, you are amazing and there’s a reason you are the way you are! YOU ARE NEEDED!
Different for a reason
Mental health care can be hard to handle especially when they don’t help. But even if you are disabled it’s not easy! Even if you are, so called normal life is not easy. So why do we have to pick on each other like it’s their own fault for the way they are. We don’t have to push anyone to the side just because people don’t look and act like you. We are all different for a reason!
My thoughts on the Ada
My thoughts on the ADA in America, I don’t think it really helps people with disabilities: yes it has helped in the workplace some. But in case of schooling we get put together in the same classroom no matter if we can get Lean or what not. Yes some need special education but many don’t, many could have normal lives. If we were included with the other kids, then they would see us as equal for they would have grown up with us, but now they don’t see us in school. That’s Why we get others who don’t understand that we can have life without our family sometimes. Yes I am in Portugal now and I have to see different things for people with disabilities but I already feel more included.
New project
Hey friends.! So my heart has got me once again! Many of you know my work for mental health and just wanting to make a little difference in that area L is 4 Love: Z’s Mentoring Services but I am see my friends who have disability and they are going through this life where they’re pretty much like out cust. I’m, Ms. Wheelchair Colorado 2010 so I want to start using my account to inspire others and maybe help them see it see what others think of your difference because we all are different, it just seems you can see some you can not.
Mental health day
We all have found our lives callings, some is to help people with disabilities get out doors; for most people who have disabilities like to work with the ADA. But for me, I see an bigger need for mental health care. Look at all the people who are hiding their bipolar or depression or any other mental health: they hide in or they feel like they will lose their people to help them. But can you help if you aren’t aware of mental health? Yes I know it’s a subject for doctors but I think I can do a little bit to make a difference. It’s not well spoken for, that’s why we have stigmas and the people hide because we are not talking about it just making it more of a difference, when we could really help the mental health people! Mental health services are not much all over the world from what I’ve seen because people don’t understand how someone can be depressed, but I can see the way the world looks at differences:we don’t try to understand. I want to do everything I can to make sure I am a mentor and try to let others know that having a mental illness is not a joke or something to run from. Today is mental health world day so let’s start talking about it and make a difference!
You
You are unique
You have overcome so much
Your difference is needed
Don’t listen to others
BE Yourself!
CP awareness day
Today is CP day awareness, you would say why do I want to celebrate having a disability because it makes me, and because I want to help others know that having a difference is awesome!
We all have a special need, but why is it that we all try to be normal! We need to love the way we are not,, act differently because someone is different so what?
Be you ❤️
I have CP, but I don’t write on the disability act when I was in the US. We all are different nad the no such thing as normal. Why do we keep to the things that keep us apart when we are all different and we all have different needs. It is not about getting what our group of people should have, but how we can help everyone together. Not because it’s bad, but it doesn’t bring let together then we fight for the things that starts wars. Just help each other and don’t be so into the kind of stigma that you feel like you have to do something for yourself if it’s not what makes you happy. Do Something that means you can be happy!
Be in this together
I have been thinking about all these things we have that divide us just because we look or act differently. Then we turn it into movement and focus everything into that , thinking that it would help but it doesn’t make it worse. Yes we need to stand up for ourselves, but all these movements don’t really do good. We need to come together and see what is different between us is also the same between us.
Stigmas
There are sigma’s for everyone that is different! If you are disabled, if you’re black, if you have mental health issues. But why, when we are all different, we have different needs. These sigmas just make things worst because that’s all we want to get out of the world. Than we don’t mix or anything work on something that could help, it’s just has to be about the sigma that we are under. We should be able forget our difference and just help everyone! 💚
I moved
It’s been a long time since I’ve written, sorry about that. But I have a big life change happened to me, I just moved to Portugal to be with my family. Yes it’s has been a little hard to say goodbye goodbye to everyone in the US, but being with family is the best! For me because of my CP it can be harder to start over but I’m excited to have family close.
A time for change
Days are unknown,
Days can bring sadness,
But also happiness,
It can be hold hope
New adventures that could help grow
But mostly it is exciting !
if you have any kind of disability, you know that you are going to work harder in anything, that you want to do. Just because others don’t see us as equal! They first feel like we are children even though we are not or otherwise they want to do everything for us! Wny is it still not understood that people with disabilities can do everything just in a different way! We have the ADA but really what good does that do? It just seems to make life for us harder in some cases, yes it is there to help us but think about it why do we need it? I feel like it’s because other people have not to accept people with disabilities, so we need it so we could have a life. But it doesn’t fix the people who don’t read the book of the ADA or we can’t just use it to help us through our problems sometimes it takes knowing about what people want, need maybe even just to let them know that you want to understand what is it like for them..
Real Talk
You matter! You are the best. You need to be here. People can need you. People need you because you are different and unique. We can learn from you. We need to start talking about mental issues like it’s something that doesn’t change who you are. Mental illness is hard enough. If we don’t talk about it, we will never get beyond the school shootings. I know it’s not the whole reason there are shootings in schools and public places, but I feel like all the bullying is a factor. People are not happy with who they are. We have to be the same so we don’t talk about how we feel. We hide when we are sad or upset or have a need for people. Because we feel like we need to fit in, we don’t talk about the things that really hurt us. Now there’s a big movement in mental health which is awesome. However, it should’ve been going on this whole time.
Mental Health Stigma
Lately, people have been so focused on themselves, what other people think about them, and how they look. I used to be so focused on my body movements and how people saw me that I wasn’t being who I am. I’ve been watching the news lately, and there has been a lot about the mental health movement. I think it’s great, but at the same time, I feel like people don’t understand how much people are suffering just so they can fit in. They are hiding the way they actually feel just so they can have people around them. The number of people who commit suicide is getting higher every year just because society has a model of how we need to look and act to fit in, have a normal life, and/or keep a job. However, I have seen that the more people try to fit in, the more they get depressed and don’t talk about how they really feel. Not everyone has to fit in or change themselves just to get people behind them. I feel mental health is getting worse because we think we need to change the perspective of acceptance of mental health. We are all different for a reason. I know I can’t do much, but I wish there was a way to change how society makes people feel.
What is life without people who you can count on? Do we all want that? What if you have a mental illness? You have to hide how much you are hurting, just because others don’t see or understand that your mind is designed differently. I know I’m not a psychiatrist or anything like that, but everytime I hear a story of someone talking about their mental illness and then having people walk out of their life because of something they can’t help or they feel a different way drives me crazy. I am going to find a way to break down that stigma.
Help each other
Hello friends, I know I have not been writing a whole lot, but I hope to change that. I know with covid a lot has changed the way we live, but I hope it hasn’t changed the way we show love! More than ever Love is needed for us to make it through this crazy new way of life! It is hard to get out and see loved ones but we have able to make video calls. Mental health has been high just because of we can’t get out! Just find a way to talk to people about how you feel, it will help!! 💚💚
Suicide prevention month
These days suicide is high, we see people who have perfect boobies that is what should look like right? No wrong! We are just the way we are for a reason! As we are looking though Facebook or the news we don’t see how different people are; or if they have a disability. So we get picked on, because we are different or you are dealing with depression not to be lonely we hide it and then we feel worst and it could lead to suicide. Let it out just be you because there is no one like you!
The Differences We Are Taught To Hide
Every person in the world has some kind of special need. You could even call it a disability depending how you view disabilities. We all need help, otherwise why are there so many people in the world who are different? In school and life, society teaches us to hide our differences and be the same to fit in. Most people will hide their differences to make friends. The second somebody knows you have a difference, they tend to see you as somebody who is not okay. It doesn’t matter if you are healthy and happy. I’m sure everyone needs company. To me, everybody needs to be themselves and show who they really are. It shouldn’t matter if you are disabled or if you have any kind of health issues. We all need to be able to tell people what we feel and have the confidence to be ourselves and be okay. Everyone is different for a reason. We need to be different to help each other see different perspectives. Again I ask you, why are we so worried about fitting in? Differences are needed.
Hope
You are different. You are hurting and no-one knows how to help! Because you don’t want tell anyone that you have a mental illness. Because it could change the way people see you. But just remember you are important and needed. There is only one person like you! Let people see the you that has been hiding trying to fit in, when you were born to stand out!
What can happen to someone who feels depressed
Suicide is because people don’t feel understood, loved or supported. People who have a mental illness don’t like to let it out just because of the stigma that people have around mental illness just others don’t see why somebody is sad all the time or; someone doesn’t want to do anything, maybe they are depressed or hurting and they don’t want to talk about it.. we all have down times so why do we think mental illness is just made up just so they can get out of something: NO THEY ARE HURTING! Suicides are happening because they feel like they can’t say anything about having a mental illness just because of the stigma, so they don’t tell us! Hiding it can lead to suicide!
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