And THIS is a good explanation of why the Disability Intersection exists
Functional Nutrition Certification has landed!
I have just completed Functional Nutrition Counseling Certification through Andrea Nakayama’s Functional Nutrition Alliance! Functional Nutrition looks at a person’s health issues through an empathic, practical lens that allows people to work through health challenges and get greater resolution. It is science based with a focus on knowing body processes for various body systems and… Continue reading Functional Nutrition Certification has landed!
Food access, revisited
I have received a lot of positive responses to the “Garlic in a Jar” post and the article that inspired it, so I’ve been thinking. This shows that food access and accessibility are big issues for a lot of us, and especially those of us with chronic illnesses. This dovetails into a lot of what… Continue reading Food access, revisited
Music break
For when it’s really hard
About me, about disability life
Despite running the Disability Intersection and attempting to add services, I am a low income social worker. I don’t mean in the way social workers are grossly underpaid for the work we do (which we are) I mean I still use the county attendant care program despite having two degrees in social work and many… Continue reading About me, about disability life
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Garlic in a jar/Food as a right
While I work to feel better from fatigue/POTS and create new content, I’ll be posting articles I find around the web. This one is about a little discussed issue that matters. I think a lot of disabled adults get shamed for using precut produce and similar things, especially since many of us have low incomes… Continue reading Garlic in a jar/Food as a right
What Should I Do If Someone Tells Me They’ve Been Abused? The 5-Step VEEEL Method — Awake
Shared from https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/97357558/posts/4074829400 and originally from Awake Milwaukee. http://www.awakemilwaukee.org During Awake’s Courageous Conversation in May, “Trauma and Resilience in the Body of Christ,” panelist Deborah Rodriguez, MD, described the five-step method that she recommends using if someone discloses to you that they have experienced some form of trauma, such as sexual abuse. Rodriguez, a general… Continue reading What Should I Do If Someone Tells Me They’ve Been Abused? The 5-Step VEEEL Method — Awake
Thoughts
I’m back from a trip that left me both happy and struggling with questions about where to take the Disability Intersection. I think the main problem is that I want to further articulate why we exist, but this is not easy. I worry about the mental health of people with disabilities and the deep things… Continue reading Thoughts
Traveling and thus Coming Attractions
I will be updating more sporadically as I am on a trip for the next few weeks and will need recovery time afterwards. Stay tuned for: Thoughts on time management that deal with ideas about this with a needed disability/chronic illness focus Poetry featuring more disabled writers as part two of a (belated) National Poetry… Continue reading Traveling and thus Coming Attractions