I was bored so decided to take a quiz on what’s my political persuasion. The results are pretty much right, even though I think I’m more socialist on the topic of government involvement – I agree with the statement “help people care for themselves”, for example, I support government policies encouraging employers to hire disabled [...]
Archive for September, 2005
What’s My Political Persuasion?
Posted in Memes, Politics and Current Events on September 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Calling Radboud University and Thoughts about Changing My Attitudes
Posted in Blindness, College / University, Personal on September 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I called student services at Radboud University this morning. As I explained the reason for calling, ie. that I am blind and was interested in services for disabled students, the woman I talked to referred me to a student counsellor and said I should call back between 4:00 and 5:00 PM. So I called the [...]
Musings about Mobility, Asking for Assistance, and Perseverance
Posted in Blindness, Personal, Rehab on September 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday in mobility class, I travelled into town and then had to find a particular shop I’d never been before. I knew only what direction to walk but nothing else. “Then you should ask for directions,” the insturctor says. “I’m not there.” That’s what he always says when he means he’s keeping an eye [...]
Headache Whine
Posted in Health and Medical Care, Personal on September 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had headaches more often than most people for a very long time, but it’s not usualy bothered me. I’d call it my “Tuesday afternoon, Latin headache” cause when I first noticed it being annoying, I had it about every Tuesday after seven hours of class, the last one of which being Latin. That was [...]
Reading about “Normal” Headaches
Posted in Health and Medical Care, Personal on September 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I decided to do some reading on “normal” headaches and some other health info. This was the third time in 2 1/2 years that I visited my GP and eventually was told my symptoms were “normal” – and in fact, those were the only times I visited my GP. Two of these three times have [...]
Discussing My Plans for after Rehab with My Mum
Posted in College / University, Personal, Rehab, Training Home on September 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday evening, I had a discussion with Mum on what to do after I’ve finished rehab. I’m going to apply for a room in Nijmegen by November 1 – tht’s the first day one can apply. Mum said I might get a room sooner cause I’m blind, but also got into a litanny of all [...]
CT-Scan Results
Posted in Health and Medical Care, Personal on September 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The neurologist called earlier this afternoon. He’d not been able to compare the new CT-scan to the old one, since the old one had been taken too long ago – I’d told him so! However, the current scan showed no reason for alarm. He asked me about my symptoms – they’ve not increased but are [...]
A Very Interesting Week at Rehab
Posted in Blindness, Personal, Rehab on September 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I was very tired as I returned from rehab yesterday afternoon. I had a very busy week and I tried to get home by bus, which I’d learnt in mobility class; everything went okay except that the bus was extremely late, so I returned home at nearly 5:00 PM.
This week was pretty interesting. In [...]
About Blindness and Helping Others
Posted in Blindness on September 11, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I just came across an article on disability and helping others and somehow it struck a chord with me. To be able to contribute even a tiny bit to someone else’s wellbeing has always felt rewarding to me, yet there have been few occasions when I could truly “give back”. I remember in 2001 when [...]
What’s My Inner Child Like?
Posted in Memes, Multiplicity, Personal on September 11, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I came across this thing. Hmmm, it’s not really accurate – while this description is mostly correct for me, the way I see my Inner Child is much more like the still pretty optimistic, adventurous child I saw myself as before I was about eight and recognized I was “different”. Oh, I can immediately see [...]
