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Silent Conditions

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   Welcome to the Living with Disabilities Advocacy website. First and foremost. Self-published author Katrina Smith, a person of many  accomplishments has written six volumes in total: two cookbooks and four collections of poetry. She is currently working on her self-help/autobiography. Her favorite activities include reading and writing. Katrina would be described by one word: determined. Despite any challenges she may encounter, she does not let unkind comments decide her fate.   If you're a new visitor to this advocacy website, this page aims to increase public understanding of those with disabilities and other conditions.   We suggest you seek a licensed professional counselor or healthcare provider for anything you read on this site . This week, Living with Disabilities will talk about different hidden Conditions. What are considered hidden conditions? how do you approach a person with these conditions? "Before anything else, it is important to remember that individuals

Deaf not, Death

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  Welcome to the Living with Disabilities Advocacy website. First and foremost. Self-published author Katrina Smith, a person of many  accomplishments has written six volumes in total: two cookbooks and four collections of poetry. She is currently working on her self-help/autobiography. Her favorite activities include reading and writing. Katrina would be described by one word: determined. Despite any challenges she may encounter, she does not let unkind comments decide her fate.   If you're a new visitor to this advocacy website, this page aims to increase public understanding of those with disabilities and other conditions.   We suggest you seek a licensed professional counselor or healthcare provider for anything you read on this site . This week, Living with Disabilities will talk about The Deaf Community, and why people who are deaf are not disabled. Living with Disabilities did not make a grammatical error in the title. I would like to explain that when people ask a deaf indi

What am I Doing Wrong in Advocating?

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Welcome to the Living with Disabilities Advocacy website. First and foremost. Self-published author Katrina Smith, a person of many  accomplishments has written six volumes in total: two cookbooks and four collections of poetry. She is currently working on her self-help/autobiography. Her favorite activities include reading and writing. Katrina would be described by one word: determined. Despite any challenges she may encounter, she does not let unkind comments decide her fate.  Before we get started on this topic, Living with Disabilities would want to make it clear that we will only be publishing two articles every month. We're not going to be weekly anymore. Every first and third Friday, a fresh article will be written. So, stay connected. In this sharing, is there such a thing as a bad advocacy strategy ? You want to be sure that you are advocating in the right way, whether it be for someone else or for yourself. It is important to steer clear of improper advocacy techniques at

Financial Living

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  Welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy website. First and foremost. Self-published author Katrina Smith, a person of many  accomplishments has written six volumes in total: two cookbooks and four collections of poetry. She is currently working on her self-help/autobiography. Her favorite activities include reading and writing. Katrina would be described by one word: determined. Despite any challenges she may encounter, she does not let unkind comments decide her fate.   If you're a new visitor to this advocacy website, this page aims to increase public understanding of those with disabilities and other conditions.   We suggest you seek a licensed professional counselor or healthcare provider for anything you read on this site . This week, Living With Disabilities will talk about living on a fixed income and why people with disabilities only get so little when it's not enough to hold us off for a week.  Before we discuss this issue, let's clarify the meaning of d

Why I became a disability advocate

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Welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy website. First and foremost. Self-published author Katrina Smith, a person of many  accomplishments has written six volumes in total: two cookbooks and four collections of poetry. She is currently working on her self-help/autobiography. Her favorite activities include reading and writing. Katrina would be described by one word: determined. Despite any challenges she may encounter, she does not let unkind comments decide her fate.   If you're a new visitor to this advocacy website, this page aims to increase public understanding of those with disabilities and other conditions.   We suggest you seek a licensed professional counselor or healthcare provider for anything you read on this site . This week, Living With Disabilities will talk about Why I became a disability advocate.  For those new to  Living With Disabilities , I suggest starting with  Learning to accept myself . Please keep reading this post if you have been with  Living W

Disability misconception in films

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  Welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy website. First and foremost. Self-published author Katrina Smith, a person of many  accomplishments has written six volumes in total: two cookbooks and four collections of poetry. She is currently working on her self-help/autobiography. Her favorite activities include reading and writing. Katrina would be described by one word: determined. Despite any challenges she may encounter, she does not let unkind comments decide her fate.   If you're a new visitor to this advocacy website, this page aims to increase public understanding of those with disabilities and other conditions.   We suggest you seek a licensed professional counselor or healthcare provider for anything you read on this site . This week, Living With Disabilities will talk about misconceptions about characters with disabilities in films. Should able-bodied actors take on disabled characters, and why should people with these disabilities have these roles?  Lights, camera

Learning to accept myself

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Welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy website. First and foremost. Self-published author Katrina Smith, a person of many  accomplishments has written six volumes in total: two cookbooks and four collections of poetry. She is currently working on her self-help/autobiography. Her favorite activities include reading and writing. Katrina would be described by one word: determined. Despite any challenges she may encounter, she does not let unkind comments decide her fate.   If you're a new visitor to this advocacy website, this page aims to increase public understanding of those with disabilities and other conditions.   We suggest you seek a licensed professional counselor or healthcare provider for anything you read on this site . This week, Living With Disabilities will talk about the host coming out of self-abnegation and what it may feel like when a person is going through that stage in their life.       Living With Disabilities will take you through the stage of the host