Access Living is a powerful voice for people in the Chicago area who live with disabilities.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.
It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities.
In my own home, where I've been able to create an environment that works for me, I'm hardly disabled at all. I still have an impairment, and there are obviously some very restrictive things about that, but the impact of disability is less.
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.
I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.
The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an employer who's going to be cool about employing someone with a disability in a job you actually want to do.
I am really accessible.
People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true.
The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a week. It's that no-one will let us.
People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.