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What if….

With the results from the initial trials in, we pondered how, for that small amount of time after using the TDU, the changes in my ability to maintain a balanced position were occurring.  No one knew, but I was certainly … Continue reading

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The Work Begins and Subject Zero is Born

After that first a-maze-ment and monumental day in that tiny lab, I went home and resumed my studies at Madison Area Technical School, now Madison College.  Amid my school work, my tests, classes and exhaustion, I couldn’t stop wondering how … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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Sensory What?

            I began my first semester with a small load of classes as I knew from experiences I’ve already had, that exhaustion was a big deal for me.  So I spaced my classes strategically throughout the week with days off … Continue reading

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Real Deal College Classes!

           To this day I’m not sure how I learned about Wisconsin’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), only that sometime in 2002 I met someone at a small café in Madison who described to me what DVR is and what … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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