Living with Disabilities

       In the United States every year, there's about  1,427 babies are born with spina bifida or 1 in every 2,758 births. Spina Bifida is a birth defect that affects the spine and is  usually apparent at birth.     Spina Bifida can happen anywhere alongside the spine if  the neural tube does not close all the way(NTD). When the neural tube does not close all the way, the bone that protects the spinal cord  doesn’t mold and close as it should. This often results in damage to the spinal cord and nerves.   Spina Bifida may cause physical and  psychological  disabilities that range from mild to severe.  The intensity depends on The size and location of the opening of the spine. If  part of the spinal cord and nerves are affected.   Type of Spina Bifida 1. Myelomeningocele is the most serious type of Spina Bifida. with this condition, fluid build-up comes through the opening in the child back.  fr...

  [ Living With Disabilities]   feel like, [we] need to make a public service announcement to the world.  And if [we] don't [our] head will fully explode. This world is lying silently still on this word, [we're] about to spill. [we] may walk, [we] may crawl and [we] may not have any limbs at all.  Are you completely confused? If you are, don't be... [We] about to shout it out to the world. Disability!    People with disabilities are no different then able bodies and they are very fierce when talking about their needs. Fierce like a mean warm apple pie with vanilla Ice cream on top, Don't let the word "Disabled" scary you about learning about people with disabilities. In this article We'll share an accessible recipe. Like, a friend of Katrina's, John Wood, who lives with Spina Bifida. has compared Disabilities to multiple kinds of foods in a video called: Disability Fruits and Vegetables, on his YouTube Channel As Told From The Wheelchair, Katrina wrote...

         Society can really take you on a rollercoaster ride, when it comes to advocating for yourself or others dealing with mental or physical disabilities, not only that but dealing with  Accessible .     When it comes to living in society, people with disabilities are no different from able bodies, the only difference here is the  capacity for people with disabilities. Each person's needs are different and some may be the same. But, when it comes to adventuring outdoors. Like, Restaurants, Parking spaces, Public restrooms, and the whole nine yards. Let's make that the size of a football field--nine yards don't really give you any space here to fix any of the cracks that need refurbishing. Like, ASAP.      President George H.W Bush, signed the Americans With Disabilities Act 31 years ago, on July 26, 1990. The Americans With Disabilities Act  prohibits discrimination against people  with disabilities in s...

If you live with a disability, you have three options for health coverage from the government. Medicaid, Medicare and Affordable care act Marketplace. Medicaid provides free or low-cost medical benefits to people with disabilities, Medicare provides medical health insurance to people under 65 who have certain disabilities and any age with end-stage renal disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant), and the Affordable Care act Marketplace offers options to people who live with a disability, don’t qualify for disability benefits, and need health coverage. According to USA Government. Living with a disability or condition isn't easy as cutting a slice of pie. Especially, the countless days and nights dealing with doctors are when you are sitting at the doctor's office. How many of you can raise your hand with a smile on your face--you're proud of your medical insurance and how your doctors treat your condition? We bet not many are...

How can we help each other when it comes to learning. Especially, people with different learning disabilities? though playing educational games. Why you can turn any game into something educational. Playing game's helps with hand and eye coronation. Some may beg to differ and that's okay with us. When Katrina Smith was growing up she found herself playing different types of games, any type of game's caught her attention. Let's just put it this way, Memory games and any type of board game or video games was her thing, and it still is her thing. So, Living With Disabilities is creating an article based on how playing game's can enhance your memory skill's. And with memorizing comes strength. Katrina would remember back in Highschool after finishing up her assignments, sitting at the reading table with her classmates playing Uno or Checker's even break the Ice these games were very functional to the brain and many other game's that she has played thr...

Don't judge until you have walked many roads in my shoes, nor compare yourself to another person, this is a life living with a disability. Living with a disability can become quite stressful on a day in and day out basis. And not many people will ever get to understand your situation or mine. But I bet you have heard these words once or twice before; when it comes to explaining an issue, It happens to me too. People with disabilities are always faced with stereotypes from social groups or families. Today, some people in this world have become frozen when it comes to helping people with disabilities, or better yet challenging like it is a game. And the other part of the world has given respect towards people with disabilities. Katrina Smith has lived with her disability for forty-something years, and as the years have progressed medical conditions after medical conditions came along too. And you wouldn't even guess that she lives with one until she opens her mouth, Learni...

When it comes to Living With Mental and Physical disabilities and trying to make a living, people with these conditions deal with multiple challenges in the workplace. Some of these challenges they're faced with are based on their appearance. Like, people who have specific disabilities. Like, people who are in wheelchairs, they're unable to reach items above arm's reach. And People with disabilities face discrimination because of their employee's behavior. Truth be told getting hired becomes overwhelming for many people with disabilities and want to work. But, can't find a job, even though unemployed. In 2019, 19.3 percent of People with a disability were employed, however, the employment ratio for people without a disability was 66.3 percent. The unemployment rates for both people with and without a disability cut from the previous year to 7.3 percent and 3.5 percent, separately. According to The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In this article, we're going...