Disabled Dreamer

Dreaming, creating, and navigating life with Cerebral Palsy, chronic pain, anxiety, and depression

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Cerebral Palsy an d I: My longest r elationship

Cerebral Palsy and I go way back since I was two years old and diagnosed. The diagnosis story is one for another time. It has been a rocky road, and while we are on better terms twenty-three years in, we still have plenty of tiffs.

Psychiatric Hospital ser ies:

Part 1 - The first days: Restarting the Race

Leaving the hospital is like being pushed off the dock on the start line of a rowing race. You use short, fast strokes to come to your balance and come to race speed, and only then do you slow down and lengthen your strokes for the duration of the race.