Author Archive: ConnectedCarole
Out of Desolation Into New Life
Does your future look bleak? Is your friend’s life devastated? It may take awhile It may look different But life can be good again–even beautiful! Desolation! The first impression of Lava Lands National Monument, near Bend, OR. Look again. See vegetation here and there. Glimpse the animals. Examine the area and see the many varieties […]
Continue reading4 Things We All Say But What Is The Listener Hearing?
You care about your friend. Or maybe you haven’t yet met the individual. Social conveniences help us connect with people. But how often do we think about how the listener perceives what we say? What is the person hearing? What are you really saying? Interacting with people with disabilities can sometimes stretch us. As sixteen […]
Continue readingScooters in the Park
Guest post by John Reader of The Trucking Monk Imagine going to the park for the whole day and actually enjoying it. “No,” you say? “It would hurt too much” or “I’d be afraid to even try”. I understand. That’s the way my wife and I felt last year as we were planning a vacation […]
Continue readingConnected Carole’s Experience Camping As A Disabled Person
Dedicated to Jenni, a friend who requested camping info While camping as a disabled person, Carole sits in her wheelchair glimpsing the Pacific through the gnarled, windswept trees wishing she could join her family walking to the end of the trail. It was a warm, summer day as they visited Cape Flattery, the northwestern-most tip […]
Continue reading6 Traits To Consider About Doctors And Chronic Illness
Doctors and chronic illness – a vital topic for the dweller. Good medical personnel are indispensable in the life of the invisibly disabled. Good docs are a blessing from God. Our medical practitioners can be male or female, come in all shapes and sizes, have knowledge in differing fields, talk a lot—or not. In fact, each […]
Continue reading5 Real-Life Examples of Helping Out A Physically Challenged Friend
News flash: Thoughtful storm observers already spend time helping physically challenged people. But, often these caring observers want to assist even more but just don’t know how. Helping physically challenged people can be as simple as a phone call letting them know they are remembered or as involved as weekly assistance or as expensive as […]
Continue readingName One Infallible Way To Recognize People With Invisible Disabilities!
You can always recognize a disabled person … right? He wears a cast. She sits in a wheelchair. He uses a cane. She has a seeing-eye dog. Disabled: having a problem that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Yep. These people are all disabled, even though they may work around the disability to […]
Continue readingSo . . . What Are Invisible Disabilities?
Invisible disabilities. Isn’t that an oxymoron? Can’t you always tell who is disabled? Someone in a wheelchair or walking with a cane? Blind? Deaf? They’re the disabled ones, right? Can you really recognize a deaf or blind person? What about severe heart conditions? Arthritis? Disabilities don’t always show. Disability – the visible kind So what […]
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