Mighty Member since October 2018
Actor, writer, aspiring director, and Netflix binger. In 2009, I developed a rare neurological autoimmune illness called Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis (a variant of GBS) from a series of vaccines. As a result, I live with disability and chronic pain, and use a power wheelchair. I became acutely aware of how differently I was treated by society compared to when I was non-disabled, and felt compelled to share my experiences. I write stories about my life as a person with a disability as a way of processing my experiences, and in the hope that others who share similar experiences feel validated, supported, and a little less alone. I am a member of the Realwheels Acting Academy in Vancouver, BC, run a Facebook page called 'A Day in the Life of a PWD', and create comics about the giggles and gripes about living with disability.