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

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

There are as many unique experiences of disability as there are individuals living with them. In this article, I will offer insight into the particular challenges I face and the privileges I hold in an effort to demonstrate a few of those differences, as well as some common misconceptions about what it means to be disabled.

We need to learn to resist the urge to offer unsolicited and oversimplified medical advice for complex, incurable, chronic medical conditions.

Severe illness can be traumatic, both for the person experiencing it, and the person who is forced to watch their loved one suffer.