Are you sitting down? I am, but I am not, in fact, a blond headed woman with outstretched arms. If you’re confused, you wouldn’t be the first one. When my blog called, “The Dark Side of Inspiration,” was published, the …
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It all started at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in my home state of North Carolina. The year was 1960 and four young African-American college students began a civil rights protest. They just wanted to eat wherever everyone else ate and …
First, I need to acknowledge that I am not the first person with a disability to write about the problems related to telethons and poster children or what is now called “Inspiration Porn.” In fact, several other HuffPost bloggers have …
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“Living in the world as a cripple allows you to see more clearly the crippled hearts of some people whose bodies are whole and sound. All of us, from time to time, suffer this crippling. Some suffer it daily and …
The following column originally appeared in Camel City Dispatch on March 30, 2015 Sometimes, as an advocate, I run across a situation that is so shocking that I don’t know how to respond, so in that case, I laugh and …
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As a young journalist and a recovering perfectionist, I love watching CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes. Not only do the 60 Minutes journalists have a reputation for being some of the best interviewers, often they have stories that capture my attention. …
With a name like Bryan Dooley, you can probably guess that I’m Irish. Bryan is a Celtic word meaning strength and nobility or high. I’m going to stick with strength and nobility, just in case my mom is reading this. …
She touched me; I simply have to face the fact She touched me… Control myself and try to act and I didn’t even know her name But she touched me… she touched me… And suddenly nothing is the same! ’cause …