障害と向き合って、自分の短所と長所を見比べて、色々模索しつづけた10年間。「あんたには無理」と言われ続けながら、躓きながらも、亀のペースでコツコツと進んできた10年。色々辛い事、大変な事があったからこそ胸を張って言える。「私、今幸せです。」
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中古車を譲り受けて得た自由の翼
10年前、私は「自由の翼」を失った。22歳の時に受けた脳手術の後遺症で歩く事が困難になったのだ。だからこそ去年譲り受けたこの中古車は私にはとても思い入れがあるプレゼントなのである。
From Disabled Special Ed Teacher to AWS Hero
How I went from Special Ed teacher to working in IT to teaching AWS on LinkedIn Learning & becoming an AWS Community Leader.
Letter to a 21 Year-Old Me
9 years ago, I experienced my first Seizure. Today, I write a letter to my 21-year-old self, who has no idea what is coming.
Day 60: 313 Miles and Masks
Day 60 of my daily walk challenge puts me at 313 miles walked! Talking about masks, donations, and new mandate from the county.
Day 46: 8 Miles & Sickness Returns
Today, I walked 8.25 miles. And had a “relapse” of the conditions I experienced 3 weeks ago.
Four Things I Learned When I Faced Death
I’m constantly running a race against myself and my body. Against my brain, my disabilities, my fate, whatever it may be. Ever since that fateful day, 8 years ago, I’ve been running a race against time, living on what I perceive to be “borrowed time.”
2018: The Year of Unexpected Beginnings
2018. What can I say, except wow. It was a year of many many unexpected beginnings, trials, and impact on my identity as a person. I said Yes to many things, and No to others, and being able to realize my boundaries and limitations have allowed me to find myself in situations that I couldn’t…
On Facing Death, 7 Years Later
On December 7th, 2011, my family woke up before dawn and began getting ready to step out into the darkness. My father, my mother, and I rode in relative silence on the 30 minute drive to Baltimore from our house. Usually, there is traffic, but so early in the morning, there were barely any cars…
How Netflix’s “Afflicted” harms us
“We were told it was an investigative documentary.” Instead, it’s a Reality TV show poorly disguised as a Docuseries.