There’s a difference between making a medically sound decision, and being okay.
Category: Sitting Disabilities
My Upright Birth Story, Part 1
I wasn’t sure how giving birth would affect my sciatica, or how I would manage when I couldn’t sit down. This is my labor story.
I Have Chronic Sciatica and a Sitting Disability. Here’s How I Prepared for Childbirth.
No one could tell me how childbirth would affect my chronic sciatica. Nor did I know how I would get through labor when I could neither sit down nor lie on my back.
I Can’t Sit Down. This Is What My Pregnancy Was Like.
I did not care for pregnancy. Especially not with sciatica and a sitting disability. But I liked the prize at the end.
Anti-Homeless Measures Are Anti-Sitting Disability
In their quest to deter the visibly homeless, cities are happy to accept the needs of those with sitting disabilities (and other health concerns) as collateral damage. In this velvet-gloved war, cities employ both design and the law to reserve public spaces for able-bodied, and preferably wealthy, citizens.
No, Really: Standing is Torture
Regimes the world over have used prolonged standing, often combined with sleep deprivation, as a convenient form of torture. It requires no special equipment, and usually leaves no marks.
Unruly Passengers, or People Who’ve Had Enough?
The FAA has new rules for dealing with unruly passengers. Meanwhile, airlines show habitual disregard for passengers’ health and wellbeing.
Why My Disability Made Me Rethink Frida Kahlo
I wondered how Frida Kahlo could become famous for specializing in a narcissistic genre like self-portraits. It wasn’t until I was 33, with a sitting disability, that I began to rethink her.
9 Small Curses of My Sitting-Disabled Life
There are many big problems that accompany a sitting disability. But there are also many small curses and minor annoyances, which I catalog here.
7 Ways to Support People With Sitting Disabilities
This list is meant to give well-meaning people practical ways to support their loved one with a sitting disability. To create it, I bolstered my own views with sage advice solicited from the Sitting Disability Facebook group.