Category Archives: Practical Issues
Breaking Barriers: A Guide for Parents with Disabilities Starting Their Own Businesses
Note from Connected Carole: Ashley Taylor wrote our guest post today. Starting a small business is an enriching journey, full of challenges and rewards, and this holds true for anyone aspiring to be an entrepreneur. This journey can be particularly daunting for parents with disabilities, who must navigate unique obstacles. Preparation for this entrepreneurial path […]
Continue readingEmpowering Job Search Tips for People with Disabilities
Ashley Taylor writes another guest post for us. She presents excellent job search tips for those looking for employment, whether you’re disabled or not. Finding a job can be a challenging task for anyone, but it can be especially tough for people with disabilities. However, with the right approach and resources, job seekers with disabilities […]
Continue readingRunning for Political Office as a Disabled Candidate
Ashley Taylor’s guest post concerns politics, an unusual subject for us. But it does give pointers for disabled people who want to run for office. Franklin Roosevelt, a past US president, and Greg Abbott, current Texas governor, both used wheelchairs. Our US political cycle is heating up. I am unfamiliar with election cycles and processes […]
Continue readingLife Happens – Unexpected Changes – What Now?
My apologies for this abbreviated post. My planned post was in production when life happened. I will post it, though, sometime in May. Meanwhile, how do we chronically ill people adapt our plans when they change unexpectedly? When problems of life intervened in my plans, I realized we will be leaving next week for two […]
Continue readingDisabled Individuals Can Start a Career in Business with These Helpful Tips
We welcome back guest blogger, Ashley Taylor. Today, she writes about business careers as a disabled person. Specifically, she has gathered tips for considering a new career. Hopefully, this info can help you. Ashley is a disabled parent who seeks to help other disabled parents as they face the extra challenges involved in parenting. Check […]
Continue readingA New Home and Comforts for Autistic Children
Jenny Wise writes our guest post today about autistic children and their needs in housing. If you’re looking for a new house or just want ideas to update your current house, check these out. If you know an autistic child, this information could aid your understanding. Her links can be especially helpful. Jenny is a […]
Continue readingHot Weather Is Here! How Good Was Your Preparation?
Mine wasn’t! Extreme hot weather came with a vengeance where I live in Washington state, USA. Prepared for this record-breaking hot weather? Inadequate, to say the least. What about you? In the past, I have shared about emergency preparations for power outages in warm and cold weather. But the emergency of severe heat? Never thought […]
Continue readingMy Lights Went Out! Was I Prepared?
Power outages and chronically ill people—a disaster or merely an annoyance? The difference? Advance planning. I must be a slow learner because I wrote about this in June 2020 but did not put my advice into action. (Or the steps in the post in December 2015.) So, this led to problems the other night. The […]
Continue readingHow Can You Make Your 2021 Better?
It’s still Christmas Day (depending on where you live), so why think about New Year’s? Because it takes extra time for us to do anything, so we chronically ill need to get a head start on New Year’s planning. But how can we plan? Weakness, fatigue, or lack of time might stop us. Anyway, why […]
Continue readingSuzan Jackson’s Finding a New Normal – A Book Review
Suzan Jackson’s Finding a New Normal: Living Your Best Life with Chronic Illness pictures living with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and several other chronic illnesses, for 20 years. Her two sons developed ME/CFS while children; one son no longer has it, but the other also contracted Lyme disease. So, Sue speaks from in-depth experience as […]
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