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LeftyByDefault
http://www.leftybydefault.com/

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Personal blog of a woman in wheelchair (also some interesting links)
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結婚の意志確認
  from 結婚式準備をかんたんに  (2017/2/14 8:44:58) 
出会いから結婚までの道のりは人それぞれです。 長い恋愛を経て結婚する人もいれば、出会ってから短い期間で結婚を決める人もいます。 昔のよ ...
Metamorphosis of a Dream
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2015/5/9 23:36:14) 
I love music, I always have. I vividly remember sitting in the back seat of my mother’s car, running errands when I was very young, singing along to the soft rock hits of the 1970s and ‘80s. At f ...
The Medical Model in 2013
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2013/2/3 22:21:11) 
For about the last month, I have been mysteriously ill.  I did everything I was supposed to do.  I checked my temperature, I evaluated my symptoms, I made doctor’s appointments, I got x-rays, I t ...
Unruly
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2012/6/4 18:26:27) 
Picture it.  My place.  February 17 th , 7:00pm.  Take out Mellow Mushroom create your own salad: spinach, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, and broccoli.  So begins the descent into my first ...
Synthesis
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2012/1/16 16:34:38) 
My grandmother passed away very late at night on September 25, 2011. My grandma was an awesome woman who occasionally made me want to scream, and I was occasionally the heavy with her in the past few ...
Happy New Year!
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2012/1/12 0:12:23) 
I have not posted in several months, but fear not, I am well and busy teaching.  I have at least one post I am itching to write, but it will have to wait a bit longer.  In the meantime, I encourage ...
Regurgitation
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2011/4/18 16:25:26) 
Lately, I have felt silenced and trapped.  Indeed, I realize now that these are feelings that I have long had but only in the past few years have I felt empowered and knowledgable enough to release ...
And the dance continues
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2011/4/1 21:49:35) 
I love TV. I always have. Instead of taking naps with my mom and brother when I was little, I used that time for watching soap operas. That’s right. I started at 3 years old watching All My Chi ...
Sometimes you need a little help, sometimes you’re tired
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2011/3/18 15:52:50) 
In my regular presentations and discussions about disability awareness to college students, I am often asked about the best ways to help a person with a disability or to ask if we need help.  Occasi ...
Year’s end, semester’s end
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/12/19 22:38:41) 
My first semester of teaching has reached its end. I have spent the last week in something of a fog of mindless activities, largely coming off of such a mindful few months. I have learned, and will c ...
Twenty/20
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/9/30 13:20:48) 
“Twenty/20″ I like numbers. I like what they tell us, what they signify, their symmetry, and how they have occupied my time over the years. Dates and anniversaries are the epitome of the ...
First week teaching
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/8/22 17:26:07) 
Well, I’ve gotten through Week 1 of teaching!  I did a video blog this time to recap.  It’s fun and was quicker than writing!
Fever’s charm
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/7/6 19:55:47) 
Last Wednesday evening I wasn’t feeling great, thought I was just tired from working hard for several days.  As I got ready to go to bed though, I noticed that the tiny aches I had all day wer ...
Social media, reality TV, and our values
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/6/16 17:44:40) 
Social media. It is a way of life for most of us these days. Who would have ever conceived of common usage of the word “tweet?” Now we use it as a verb and we’re not even chirping like litt ...
Coming full circle
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/6/8 20:37:07) 
Last week I got some big news – I’ll be teaching at Kennesaw State University in the fall!  I will be a part-time instructor in the Human Services program and will teach the Human Social ...
Podcast fun
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/6/6 23:35:22) 
The text of this blog is short to tell you about the podcast I just did with Many Worlds Network creator Alexander Kaminsky.  We chatted about my perspectives and experiences with disability.  Good ...
Interview with bestselling author Rachel Simon
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/5/24 16:12:55) 
The House on Teacher's Lane book cover, courtesy of Rachel Simon Rachel Simon, bestselling author of Riding The Bus with My Sister , is releasing the paperback edition of her latest book, The Hou ...
Book Review – Dancing at the River’s Edge
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/5/3 17:27:08) 
I am honored to have my first guest post at FWD! Cross-posted at FWD/Forward: FWD (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward Book Review – Dancing at the River’s Edge: A Patient and her Doct ...
The relentless fight
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/5/1 16:51:34) 
Monday I put on my well-worn disability awareness speaker hat and spoke to a college class about ableism, able-bodied privilege. (Well, it’s not really a hat but more of a speaker voice I tune. ...
Yester-me, yester-there, yesterday
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/4/27 22:14:27) 
Yesterday I had my last speaking gig of the semester. I did my able-bodied privilege/ableism presentation that I developed last year. It went well, and while the students had few questions, those who ...
Home sweet home (or, Things that make you go aahhh…)
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/4/24 18:29:34) 
I have spent most of this week hoteling it. We had vinyl floor taken up in the kitchen and hardwood floor put down, and that floor along with the other existing hardwoods, were sanded, stained, and p ...
A numbers game
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/4/13 20:31:11) 
I have spent the past couple of months working on a few retrospective writing projects. In doing so my senses have been in overdrive and my memories have seemed to rush through in new and invigoratin ...
Pushing the boundaries
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/3/29 0:23:29) 
The ABC medical drama Private Practice , a spin-off of the popular Grey’s Anatomy , has been a favorite of mine since it began in 2007. The show is about two private holistic medical practices ...
Disability times three
  from LeftyByDefault.com - Laura Overstreet  (2010/3/25 21:11:56) 
Yesterday was a an absolutely gorgeous Georgia day. I believe the temperature got above 70 degrees, and I was dressed in my favorite spring attire: smooth, khaki colored dress pants, a pink and white ...
Too quiet
  from LeftyByDefault.com  (2010/3/18 1:31:24) 
In my last post I was excited about the impending quiet of this St. Patrick’s Day week.  However, this week has proved to be too quiet.  Sure, the phone rang far too much and consisted only o ...