With the right access, everyone can enjoy the outdoors. We might need to do things a little bit differently, but it doesn’t make our time spent outdoors any less valuable.

Mobility aids exist to support our body's needs, so why would people view them as a negative?

I explored the land the same way I strive to approach my body: with openness and curiosity rather than determination and attachment.

The hard part is not pushing through. The hard part is slowing down.

Reflections on the past two years, hopes for the future, and links to my favorite posts!

Sometimes my adventures look like the happy, smiling photos I usually share on here, and sometimes my adventures look like this.

Sometimes it feels like being disabled means being exposed to the world at all times; my body on display for incessant public comment. Sometimes it's unbearable. Sometimes it's just too much.

In honor of Disability Pride Month, here are a few book recommendations for both disabled and non-disabled folks to learn about the history, the movements, and the lived experiences of disabled people.

In this post, I share some of the things I have learned about accessibility in the outdoors and what I looked for as I was reviewing outdoor spaces. Hint: it’s more than just paved paths!

For anyone who is looking to start learning or continue learning about what being trans *actually* means, here are a few people and resources that have helped me learn a lot over the last few years.

Today I’ll be reviewing a few of the forearm crutches I have used over the past 7 years: Millennial Medical’s In Motion Pro’s, cheap generic drugstore crutches, SideStix, and Cool Crutches.

There are many valid reasons to use mobility aids besides a total loss of function. Here are my reasons.

A list of my must have items, favorite brands, and most helpful features in outdoor gear for adventuring with my illnesses and disabilities.

Our limitations may look different and we may require a little extra planning and recovery time, but if we take the right steps to support our bodies, we can still enjoy being in nature.

When the world tells you that once you are no longer able-bodied, your life is not worth living, yet you still find a way to live a beautiful, happy, fulfilling life... How could I not feel proud?

A Guide for Chronically Ill and Disabled Folks

The information that Disabled folks need in order to determine if an outdoor space is accessible for them is often unavailable, unreliable, or inaccurate.

The biomedical model’s limitations, combined with its influence on our society, has led to extensive consequences for the patients whose cases fall outside of its narrow scope.

It can be difficult to find reliable or easy-to-read information about my illness, so in this blog post I put together a quick introduction into what CIRS is, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated.

How three visits to a garden showed me how much my outlook on life with disability had changed.