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Home » Archives for disability

Accessibility project gave purpose to my weakness

August 4, 2019 by Kelly Irvin 8 Comments

accessibility chairlift

I arrived at church recently to find a shiny new addition nestled near the stairs that lead from the sanctuary building to the education building. Since I started using a walker ninety percent of the time, I rarely look that direction because I can’t navigate the steps necessary to access the breezeway that leads to…  Read More

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: accessibility, Accessibility Awareness Month, accessible parking, automatic doors, disability, ramps, wheelchair lift

Disability gives travel new meaning

October 1, 2017 by Kelly Irvin 18 Comments

Kelly with walker

My dual journey with two challenging medical diagnoses took a new turn recently when I traveled for the first time using my walker, affectionately known as “the Cadillac.” My destination was a writers’ conference, but I learned just as much about myself and the challenges of having a disability. Understand that it took me two…  Read More

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: airport wheelchair assistance, chemotherapy, conferences, disability, primary lateral sclerosis, travel, walker, wheelchair assistance

Years teach perspective on poetry, aging, disability . . . even elections

November 10, 2016 by Kelly Irvin 8 Comments

Youngsters batting.

“I don’t know who you are. You stoop a little as pain creeps into your joints Like a burglar stealing the precious jewels Of swift, free movement, Leaving you seated in life’s chair.”     These lines are from a poem I wrote about eighteen years ago called “Twenty-Twenty Vision.” It’s my only published piece,…  Read More

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: disability, elections, handicap, perspective, poems, poetry

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