When my PCA Started Abusing Me for Being LGBT
When my PCA found out I was a member of the LGBT community she started abusing me. This is quite common and rarely spoke about by the disability community.
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SMA Awareness Month – Day 20 – The Abuse of Bargaining
Dominick discusses a type of abuse he endured, as a teenager, the abuse of bargaining.
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The Problem with those who Abuse the System
All the people abusing welfare, food stamps and other forms of public assistance are the reason why many want to restrict these services, which truly help those in need.
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What is There to Say about My Father?
I was a victim of child abuse after I came out to my family. I have some unhappy memories, so I do not often speak out about my father. He had his flaws, but he was still my father, so when he hurt me, the pain ran deep.
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My Life: I am at a Precarious Point in My Life
Dealing with years of harm and abuse has brought me to a point where I need to deal with it or face inevitable destruction internally, as well as externally to those who love me.
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Where Are Our Children Safe?
A discussion on Facebook about homeschooling and ways to better educate children led me down the path to ask where are our children safe in a world that has changed so drastically from my childhood in the 1980s.
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In My Darkest Hour
I’ve struggled for many months about this very topic. I don’t want pity. I don’t want loathing. I just want people to understand that I’ve been to hell and back. I’ve survived. I don’t expect people to reply to this with comments. I just ask that you read and listen….
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Working on My Book
I’m writing a book about my life. It almost seems sensational in aspects. The main gist of the story is that I was born in 1980. I was diagnosed at age 4 with a neuromuscular disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Raised in a dysfunctional family with an incredibly overbearing mother and…
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What Constitutes Abuse?
What constitutes abuse? Is it a smack on the face? How about an unpleasant word? Is abuse something deeper or is just something that has to be construed as abuse by the victim of said abuse? I’ve been in therapy since I was five. That’s about the time I realized…
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Cruelty of Kids
It’s hard when kids are cruel. With CT’s disability he is often the target of other kids because he does not understand social behaviors. We want him to socialize as much as possible, but what do you do when others take advantage of the kid who just wants someone to like him?
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