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Hello Everyone, Happy June!  Author Note: I am in no a professional of any kind. I am strongly against self-diagnosis, and encourage my audience to please seek the professional advice of their own trusted medical professional and any other trusted professional depending on the topic at hand. The Abler Blog ONLY PROVIDES LIMITED GENERAL INFORMATION, and   ALWAYS CITES WHERE THEY FIND THEIR RESOURCES AND OR INFORMATION. Jessica Niziolek,  Founder Of The Abler Blog, and online communit y . Graphic Made With Canva.com. Image within graphic found on Google.com Resources: for research purposes only: mayoclinic.org   Where is the thyroid located?  Answer the thyroid is located at the base of your neck, just below your Adam’s apple.  What is Hashimoto’s Disease? Answer: it is a condition where your immune system attacks your thyroid. The thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system, which produces hormones that coordinate many of your body's functions....

Image Made With Canva.com brandon has been a  supporter, and one of our greatest contributors of The Abler from the beginning, and we could not be more thrilled that he decided to share such an insiteful, and thought-provoking piece with us. If our readers would like to know more about Brandon, I highly suggest reading his latest. books The Emotional Struggle. The Emotional Struggle By Brandon Ryan   As a kid I can remembering being a very sensitive soul, getting ready for my first surgery, the nervous sensation filling my stomach. Upon telling my mom how nervous I was, I threw up right in front of her. At such a young age, I didn’t know how to handle or process what was about to happen to me. All I knew is that doctors were going to leave me with a rather lengthy scar on my back. There was no way I could know or prepare for the kind of pain that would follow the operation. That morning of the operation, I can remember getting to Children’s Hospital, very early...

Image made with Canva.com I am in no a professional of any kind. I am strongly against self-diagnosis, and encourage my audience to please seek the professional advice of their own trusted medical professional and any other trusted professional depending on the topic at hand. The Abler Blog ONLY PROVIDES LIMITED GENERAL INFORMATION, and  ALWAYS CITES WHERE THEY FIND THEIR RESOURCES AND OR INFORMATION. Jessica Niziolek,  Founder Of The Abler Blog, and online community. Recently, I had decided to create a first-time client form. For anyone who is interested in working with The Abler Blog. If you haven't worked with me before and are serious in your interest to do just that- Drop a comment below this post and I'll send you the link to the form. The information I collect will not be shared. Resources Used: cdc.gov Back To The Basics-Lupus  Lupus is a chronic autoimmune that can do damage to any part of the body.  Lupus is more common among women ...

Hello everyone! Today is the last day of April, and as promised here is our latest guest blogger for the month of April. Please, help me welcome Nancy Kotch. Today Nancy brings us her story on how she is living and and embracing her life with the utmost positivity while having a genetic disease called,  Neurofibromatosis (N F).  Please enjoy Nancy's blogpost entitled, embrace. Graphic made with canva.com The photos  within the graphics are the personal property of  Nancy Kotch. Embrace  Nancy Pictured With Her Husband Jeff. Graphic made using canva.com My name is Nancy Koch and I am 42 years old. I am from Connecticut and now live in South Carolina with my husband and best friend Jeff for 10 years. Some of my favorite things are reading, doing puzzles, planting flowers, laying on my hammock, watching TV, coloring, going to dinner with friends, and listening to music. Together, Jeff and I enjoy riding on his motorcycle, traveling, hik...

WELCOME READERS TO OUR VERY FIRST CROSS-COVERED TOPIC OF 2020, CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION. A FEW THIS TO NOTE: 1 THIS IS NOT A SPONSORED POST OF ANY KIND. 2, THE CRIP CAMP POSTER USED IN THE PROMOTIOAL MATERIALS, I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS OF THAT PHOTO. 3. THE PLAFROM(S) WE USED TO CROSS-COVER ARE AS FOLLOWS: OUR PODCAST, THE MANY FACES OF THE ABLED (FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THIS BLOG.  THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT  I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS POST.  FOUNDER,  Jessica Niziolek Crip Camp, a Disability Revolution, Broken Spokes Productions imbd Information : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8923484/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Official website: cripcamp.com  ✣Introduced to former camper, James Lebrecht (writer and director for the documentary and screenplay.) James  has spina bifida (went to the camp in the summer of 1971). Camp was  located in the cat-gills. The camp, which began in the 50’s with a very traditional layout, Later adap...

Author note: The images in this interview were made using canva.com Doaa's Interview: Introduction:  Hello Abler Family! Please help me welcome Doaa Shay! Former wheelchair splinter turned, wheelchair speaker, disability advocate, make-up artist. Connect with Doaa on social media here:  Facebook  Youtube  Instagram @ Doaa. Shayea SnapChat Doaa Shayea01  Twitter *Can you please share more of your back story in more details with our readers? *What is your personal opinion on ableism when it comes to talking about the disability community? *What is your biggest “pet peeve” when it comes to people’s reaction to your wheelchair and your disability, of spina bifida? *What would you say to someone who says disabled people are just “lazy”, and “attention seekers”? *What would you like to see improve greatly among the disability community? *If you could make changes to the 30-year ADA Bill what would it be and why? *Have you...