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Disabled Dreamer

Author: Nicole Kinzel

  • The Value of Limit Testing

    Once when I was little, I sat in a pool safely on my mother’s lap. My younger sister was swimming contentedly at the deep end. It looked so easy. “I think I can swim. I want to try,” I state confidently. “No you can’t,” my mom replied with zero hesitation. “Your contractures are too bad.”…

  • Existence Prose

    Being in this world is like sinking but sometimes you float instead.  You feel like one way is up but gravity has flipped while you were not looking.  You swim to move forward but sometimes your fins have been replaced with wings and one must learn to fly.  Air and water sometimes feel identical.  Neither…

  • The Dark Poem

    Time flies. A toddler sits alone in a room. Dark. Shadows watch from the dim blank wallpaper. Silent eyes. *** Time flies. A young child stays up one night. Terrified. Shadows have grown fangs out of sight. Quiet mocking. *** Time flies. A teen is pulling an all nighter. Calm. Fangs have fallen out useless.…

  • Disability Blindness

    When the average person thinks of disability, usually one of two things come to mind. Either a wheelchair or perhaps a guide cane for blindness. Once a person sees either of these, that immediately becomes the primary perceived characteristic of the person. Part of this can be attributed to love humans have to sort. People…

  • Alden Lane Plant Nursery

    Accessible: yes Alden Lane Nursery is a plant nursery located in Livermore California. A hidden gem that is pleasant to visit on good weather days. The business sells everything from indoor and outdoor plants to fountains and gardening supplies. It’s a very large property that can be separated into very distinct sections: a gift shop,…

  • Veil Born March 9th

    Perspective: 3rd person with some story translation for clarity Liam is a barely teenage boy that belongs to a loving and caring family. What is not immediately obvious, is he is neither a teen nor human. At least not in the typical sense. In reality he is an existence almost as old as recorded history…

  • Getting a Nexplanon Implant

    Around 10:00 am this morning I finally got birth control to make my hormone cycle a little bit less miserable. I was recommend several options two weeks ago by a gynecologist. Everything from pill to implant was available to help. I chose to go for an arm implant because it requires the least amount of…

  • Dreaming Poem

    Sleep comes like a fog in the night. Swapping imaginary for the seen. An incalculable oculus. Sometimes it soothes and sometimes it attacks with a bite. Emotions dictate my fate as I dream. *** The possibilities are endless. Power taken or given directly to the soul. Hated and loved wager. Golden haven to the friendless.…

  • The Quality of in Home Nursing

    Caregivers of disabled people need help. That is a fact. Parents of disabled people or older relatives in a caregiver position need it especially. Someone to give them a breather and reduce the amount of tension in the daily life. The help becomes even doubly necessary if the caregiver doesn’t have a reliable partner to…

  • The Quest For An SMA Treatment Part 2

    I learned about Evrysdi after an invitation to an information webinar hosted by the company. It was an oral medication taken daily. I was relieved. That seemed so much more doable compared to the spinal injections. Moreover, listed side effects were very limited (at the time at least). The only real bad issue that seemed…