Category Archives: Non Fiction
A Jettison Back to the Future, 1998-1999
When I was introduced to my disability I was also introduced to a lot of amazing people, each who had been introduced to the same condition from the same antibiotic as I had been. That guy really gets around, … Continue reading
Posted in Aminoglycosides, Disability, Gentamicin, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Research, Self Help, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, cheryl schiltz, Dr. Owen Black, gentamicin, Legacy Health Systems, Lynn Brown, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, The Oprah Winfrey Show, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wobblers Anonymous
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The Maze
The moment had arrived! It was time to see what this sensory substitution stuff was all about. Mitch showed me to a seat in front of a computer screen and a metal box with a knob sticking out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Disability Noise, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Sensory Substitution, Tongue Display Unit, Vestibular System
Tagged brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Kurt Kaczmarek, madison, Mitchell Tyler, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin, Yuir Danilov
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The First Meeting
I met Dr. Paul Bach-y-Rita for the first time on the Spring of 2002, five years after my introduction to disability. I traveled to the UW-Madison’s Medical Sciences building where I was greeted near an entrance by Mitch Tyler, a … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Sensory Substitution, Tongue Display Unit, Understanding Disability, Vestibular System
Tagged brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Inner Ear Hair Cells, madison, Mitchell Tyler, norman doidge, Otolith, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, University of Wisconsin, UW Medical Sciences, Yuir Danilov
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Understanding DisABILITY
To understand something we usually try to learn as much as we can about it, right? Well, I learned that disability falls into the search for understanding category as well. The Reading Girl by Magni, National Gallery of Art, Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Disability, Gentamicin, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Self Help, Transition, Understanding Disability, Vestibular System
Tagged brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Disability is…
At the onset I thought that I would never find my way out of the incredibly life strangling emotional nightmare I was screaming in. It was controlling my every thought, movement, desire, and wishes. It took control of me… … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Disability, Disability is..., Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System, Who controls disability?
Tagged brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Disability and Opportunity? Really?
Okay, sounds ridiculous right? That disability is an opportunity; that it provides opportunity to discover new and exciting things about life… yea, right. Just how does that happen when yesterday I could, today I can’t… Opportunity. What does that really … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Disability, Disability and Opportunity, Gentamicin, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System
Tagged brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, norman doidge, Opportunity, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Don’t forget – BLAME – it’s noisy too!
Image from Google Images 5-7-2013 Oh, looking for that someone or something to blame… anything to direct your anger, to point a finger, to say, “It’s all your fault”! I was once hardened by putting the blame, and the work … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Disability, Gentamicin, Inspiration, Letting go of Blame, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Self Help, Transition
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Letting go of Blame, madison, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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