Since I started working on my book a lot of people have called me a lot of things: badass, foolish, ridiculous, strong, determined and much more. I decided early on to be completely honest with all of my followers during this process. I'm doing this with no budget at all. Not even a dollar. There … Continue reading Brave
Author: Alicen
Author, Advocate and much more.
When In Doubt…
A few days ago my laptop's keyboard started dying. This was a laptop I bought second hand off of eBay last year. It had motherboard issues from the first day I had it and I knew it wasn't going to last forever, but when you're stuck with SSI income, you get what you get sometimes. … Continue reading When In Doubt…
Self Publishing vs Traditional Publishing While Disabled
For the past few months I've been working on my debut novel. I've mentioned it here a few times and people have been asking me if I plan to self publish it or go the traditional route of getting an agent and a publisher. I have researched both extensively and chosen to.....self publish not because … Continue reading Self Publishing vs Traditional Publishing While Disabled
Service Animal Etiquette
I've been seeing a lot of debates lately about service animals and fake service animals so I decided to give a little insight from someone who spent 12 years with a service dog and has had quite a long list of experiences to talk about. This is Diamond. She was my service dog for 12 … Continue reading Service Animal Etiquette
Internalized Ableism
Internalized Ableism is something all disabled people struggle with. What is Internalized Ableism? Well to understand Internalized Ableism first you need to understand ableism and why it is bad. Ableism at it's core is the belief that abled people are better than disabled people and that to be disabled is undoubtedly wrong in some way. … Continue reading Internalized Ableism
A New Year, A New Beginning
Over the last five years it seems like every few months I've had to start over. It's been exhausting but it's been cleansing in a sense because it's all lead to what this next year will bring for me. A lot of you know the last few years in themselves have been a new beginning … Continue reading A New Year, A New Beginning
Death in the Chronic Illness Community
TW: Death Talk Also to my friends that read this I'm including some things about our friend that passed recently. Just a warning if you aren't ready for that yet. Death is a very common thing in the disabled and chronically ill community. So much so that some of us become numb to all of … Continue reading Death in the Chronic Illness Community
We Don’t Owe You A Goddamn Thing
I've been contemplating how to write this blog for a few days. Instinctively I find myself wheeling on eggshells over this topic when I really shouldn't. As disabled people we're expected to answer everyone's questions with a smile, always be polite even when people are being rude and offensive and we're expected to never show … Continue reading We Don’t Owe You A Goddamn Thing
Things Abled People Have Said to Disabled People Part 3
Ya'll asked for it and here it is: Things Abled People Have Said to Disabled People Part 3: Do you have a license to drive that thing? Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket in that thing? Who'd you piss off to end up in that thing? Why aren't you walking yet? Well, you know, … Continue reading Things Abled People Have Said to Disabled People Part 3
Exclusion at Inclusion Events
When an event talks about nothing but how inclusive it is abled people kind of assume that everyone is going to be accepted there. Often times for disabled people that's not what happens though. For disabled people a lot of things go into what is considered accessible and accessibility means something different for each and … Continue reading Exclusion at Inclusion Events
