Love Grows Courage
Meriah Nichols Talks About Disability
by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
This was originally published on September 7, 2012. It's a personal post on strength, love and courage. You can listen to me read this post by clicking the player below, or on my podcast on Spotify or iTunes. Maya Angelou once said that courage is the most important virtue, because without it, we wouldn't be able to consistently practice the others. I've always agreed with that, because it can be hard to be kind. It can be hard to be forgiving, hard to summon the love sometimes. In The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown reminded us that the root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for ..read more
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Choosing Moxie
Meriah Nichols Talks About Disability
by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
This was originally published on March 6, 2013 It is an account of the time that I was pregnant with Moxie. Please be aware this post discusses violence, sexual abuse and abortion. You can listen to me read this post by clicking the player below, or on my podcast on Spotify or iTunes. I. The beginning of my pregnancy with Moxie feels jumbled, as I recollect it now, some 3 years later. It’s a blur of happenings, events moving swiftly upon each other like quick waves that peak in a tsunami. The blur may be due to the events themselves or may be to the way my mind works – I am ..read more
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Almost 50, Part 2
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by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
This is a personal post that wraps up the first part, Almost 50 Listen to me read this by clicking the player below: Almost 50, Part 2: Details You know what bothers me about the post I just sent your way, “Almost 50”? It bothers me that I was talking about real things in a vague way. Time passing faster. Be here now. That stuff. I want to add more detail to make those real statements less vague. In 2022 a few things happened: I completed my second master’s degree, this one in counseling psychology, and was headed to the world of full time work (outside the house and for someone else) again. I ..read more
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Almost 50
Meriah Nichols Talks About Disability
by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
I wanted this to be a personal post like hauʻoli makahiki hou - a year sum up - but in the end, the time to write it was as elusive as mercury. And so. This is mostly about time. Click the player below to listen to me read this. Time speeds up when we get older. Remember that movie, “Groundhog Day”? Remember how he has to re-live the same day, over and over until he gets it completely right, and about three-quarters into the movie, they speed the movie up, cutting in between days to show the days are different from each other? And it feels so fast. But so much of the same. Blink, another ..read more
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Daisy Woodworm Changes the World: A Book Review
Meriah Nichols Talks About Disability
by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
This is Micah Nichols' inaugural blog post, an interview with author Melissa Hart on her book, "Daisy Wormwood Changes the World." You can listen to this interview via the "Unpacking Disability with Meriah Nichols" podcast, below, or on Spotify or Apple iTunes. Melissa Hart wrote a book geared for teens: Daisy Woodworm Changes the World $14.99 Thirteen-year-old Daisy Woodward loves insects, running track, and hanging out with her older brother, Sorrel, who has Down syndrome and adores men’s fashion. When her social studies teacher assigns each student a project to change the world for the ..read more
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Medicare
Meriah Nichols Talks About Disability
by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
This is a comprehensive post about Medicare. It covers: What is Medicare? What Are the Parts of Medicare? Detailed Explanations on the Parts of Medicare? Who Can Get Medicare and way more - please refer to the table below with links to jump directly to the part you are looking for guidance on. Kathleen Downes wrote this post. She knows a whole lot about Medicare but she does not work for Medicare. Take what's offered here as friendly advice and do your own investigation too! You can listen to Kathleen read this by clicking below, or subscribing to the podcast at the end of this post. What is M ..read more
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Updated: The Disability Pride Flag
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by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
the disability pride flag: what it represents, who it's for ..read more
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Why Do We Need to Feel Disability Pride?
Meriah Nichols Talks About Disability
by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
This is a discussion essay on disability pride, models of disability, sparkle sauce and glitter juice. Why Do We Need to Feel Disability Pride? Why do we need to feel disability pride at all? Doesn’t that feel slightly masochistic, feeling pride in something that has given us grief in our life? Feel pride over something that essentially “isn’t working” from a mainstream cultural perspective. As a friend said on Facebook, “isn’t it enough that I accept it? Why do I need to feel pride over it?” “Isn’t it enough that I accept it? Why do I need to feel pride over it?” Brene Brown wrote in Atlas of ..read more
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The Disability Pride Flag: What It Is and Who It’s For
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by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
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Pride is a Protest: The Radical Act of Cultivating Disability Pride
Meriah Nichols Talks About Disability
by Meriah Nichols
1y ago
This is about developing disability pride. You can listen to me read it by clicking the player below, or subscribing to my podcast on Spotify or iTunes. Patrons can download the pdf for this. Become a Patron! Disability Pride is a Protest When you are continuously told by your culture, language, history, school, work and/or family that you need to fit your square pegged self into a round pegged world, need to conform, change, therapize essential aspects of who you are – shame is the consequence. You feel shame in all that you need to change, all that you seem to embody. You are representing th ..read more
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