Road to Miss Wheelchair World
If I want to apply to Miss Wheelchair World 2022? Last year September I've received a message from a former contestant with this...
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It's Time to Give People with Disabilities the Fair Chance to Work and Succeed!
It’s a general assumption:“People with disabilities don’t work”. I would like to react on that. By working I mean to earn income to...
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Take control of your diet - Eating Healthy as a Wheelchair User is Essential
What to eat when you are a wheelchair user? It’s very easy to gain weight when you are sitting all day. Especially when you move less...
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Exploring the Possibilities of Curing Paralysis: A Journey from Fear to Hope
As a child, I feared a future where chips were implanted in people, as seen in movies where AI or robots took over the world. Today...
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Adapting to Change: Reflecting on What's Truly Important - Corona Pandemic
Living with a spinal cord injury also means you are more vulnerable in the current situation with the corona crisis. The respirational...
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Labeled and Unlabeled: Diversity and Inclusion: Is One Possible Without the Other?
Every person is unique. And that's your greatest strength. I never fitted in, so I know what being labelled as 'different' feels like. I...
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Finding Love and Acceptance in a Wheelchair: A Journey of Self-Discovery
I remember after a month, still laying in the hospital bed I told my father I thought I would be forever alone. He said 'If I would meet...
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Challenging Myself: A Journey from Paralyzed to Performer
A few days ago I woke up and while trying to get out of bed, during the transfer from my bed to my wheelchair I noticed one of the tires...
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Three Years of Living With a Disability - Life Lessons
Discovering the Strength Within: Living with a Disability for Three Years and What I Learned Along the Way My mom texted me this morning...
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What living with a Spinal Cord Injury
Not knowing what a SCI truly meant, I've found out the hard way. Before I got injured I've never had any health problems. The life...
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Topsport
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has devastating consequences for the physical, social and vocational well-being of the injured person....
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Become a Diamond
For some it's easier than for others but as times passes and situations occur we need to adapt at some points in our lives. Adapting...
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Still Single (& Disabled)
"But you're too pretty to be in a wheelchair" is a comment I often hear. Having a disability is linked to being unattractive, sick or...
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Desexualized
I’m a wheelchair user now. Not by choice. Accidents happen. I got used to using the wheels, but my environment didn’t. Accessibility...
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Adapted Clothing?
Clothes, we all need it to protect our bodies but we also use it to communicate who we are, it's part of out identity. When you have a...
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The Bright Side Of being disabled
There must be some positive side to this all. Yes, of course! I believe there is. Being disabled is not always bad. Here is why. Number 1:...
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