disabled Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/disabled/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:50:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 A Thank-Full Day https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/11/a-thank-full-day/ Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:32:11 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9576 Often a “thank you” isn’t needed.  Why thank a person for doing what he is supposed to do?  Here’s a thought: a “thank you” may

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]]> Recommendation: Crip Camp https://smthingscount.com/2020/07/22/recommendation-crip-camp/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:25:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9483 I don’t often recommend movies or documentaries, but I think this one is worth watching. Full disclosure: I grew up with a disability (post polio),

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]]> Teaching Charity https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/17/teaching-charity/ Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:53:30 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8803 A fellow parishioner decided when her kids were very young that they needed to learn charity.  She taught them to give something to every person

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]]> What a Dog-Gone Day Today Is! https://smthingscount.com/2019/08/26/what-a-dog-gone-day-today-is/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:44:27 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8392 Today, and every Aug. 26 since 2004, is National Dog Day. It’s a day for all of our dogs, pure-bred or so mixed they have

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]]> Free Trees for Your Community https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/15/free-trees-for-your-community/ Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:20:02 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8173 Trees, nature’s air purifiers, are inexpensive and easy to plant.  In my area (San Jose), there’s an organization called Our City Forest. It helps people

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]]> Personal: My Mom https://smthingscount.com/2019/05/11/personal-my-mom/ Sat, 11 May 2019 15:49:27 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8037 My mother had three kids, kept a spotless house, worked in the family business, dealt with laundry down steep cement steps in a dank, unfinished

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]]> For When You Are Disabled (& You Will Be) https://smthingscount.com/2019/04/18/for-when-you-are-disabled-you-will-be/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:53:29 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7940 If you aren’t disabled, you probably will be some time in your life, whether temporarily or permanently. That’s just part of life. Today’s Thursday Thought

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]]> Credit Cards and Disabilities https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/22/credit-cards-and-disabilities/ https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/22/credit-cards-and-disabilities/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:33:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7020 I may have to re-start paying cash for everything. I’d miss the cash-back percentage I get from my credit card company, but I may have

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/22/credit-cards-and-disabilities/feed/ 2 Airbnb Wakes Up https://smthingscount.com/2017/12/05/airbnb-wakes-up/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:40:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6413 Airbnb FINALLY realized that people with disabilities like to travel, too! And that we aren’t all the same–many of us need more than what they currently

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]]> Disabled Parking Fraud https://smthingscount.com/2015/01/14/disabled-parking-fraud/ Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:22:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3414 You’ve undoubtedly seen a vehicle pull into a handicap parking space and watched the driver jump out and dash into the store.  Or a motorcycle

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