Category Archives: Disability Advocacy

Stories, parables, posts about disability rights and disability advocacy, some written by other people, some written by me. As such, this category has some of the same entries as “My Life (or More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Me)”. However that category covers a wider array of topics, as the title suggests, and are all exclusively my own thoughts.

That Time I Had Sleep Apnea, and Then Had Sleep Apnea (Subtitled: When My Wife Literally, Not Figuratively, Saved My Life)

Posted on August 3, 2025 by My Bleeding Ink

So y’know that thing where people say their spouse saved their life? Sometimes metaphorical or symbolic, sometimes literal. Well this is the story of how my wife literally, not figuratively, saved my life. With a subplot about how I was … Continue reading →

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An Ingenious Way to Live

Posted on April 28, 2025 by My Bleeding Ink

“Disability is not a ‘brave struggle’ or ‘courage in the face of adversity’…disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live.”~Neil Marcus, 1993 When you’re disabled, you gotta figure out new and different ways to do things in a … Continue reading →

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When You Don’t Feel Advocatey

Posted on November 12, 2024 by My Bleeding Ink

So October is over. #SpinaBifidaAwarenessMonth came and went. And I did the things. I posted the things. “Bringing awareness” and all that. Linked to to this thing. But boy I wasn’t feelin’ it. Haven’t been for a while. And I … Continue reading →

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