Any recommendations? Since we were talking about Selma Blair's upcoming show, I'm wondering if there are any representations of us out there besides as medical horror movies.
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Comments in an MS forum seemed evenly split on whether or not they'd watch the show in October. Some think it's bold. Some found the trailer scary. (One comment: "life is stressful and scary enough") Others thought their lives and treatment options were too different from Selma's. She underwent human stem cell therapy (HSCT), still new and costly.
What do you think? Watch, or no?
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch
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This is my first post on here.. So here it goes it..
I am one of the lucky ones who have a mild case of #CerebralPalsy palsy.. Luckily it doesn't affect me much. However I was browsing the Yahoo home page and I saw #SelmaBlair on the page with this bright yellow device.. I had no idea what it was called.. So a few Google searches later. I quickly realized it was called the Alinker. I then instantly thought wow this is exactly what I need. You see I have #DiabetesType2 on top of cp and I am over weight as well and I struggle to get active having cp.. So after falling head over heels with this #walkingaid as it has no pedals.. I decided that I am going to see how much they cost wow $2200 dollars!!! I then was upset that I could not afford it.. So fastfoward a few weeks later I see a video of this random lady on the Alinker in a parade in a town not far from me. I literally jumped for joy as the #alinker was something very new to the USA so to find someone else who has the same thing as me from a small tiny start up.. So I instantly messaged this random lady who's name is Anna. I told her that I was interested in the Alinker and can I get it out some day?? Well she instantly told me that she was going to be at a #AssistiveTechnology expo and I went there and after seeing it in action.. I said I want this so bad.. Well a few days later I set up a online based #Fundraiser for my #alinker ... As the alinker is a 3 wheel bike and not covered by insurance so my only option was to fundraise. So I ended up fundraising the funds. I got my #alinker in September of last year.. It has made a huge difference in my life.. I have taken it to #AbilitiesExpo where I am in this picture and I even took it #iceskating with it... I have to admit that there is a learning curve of how to use it and I still have not mastered it.. I still have to do a few #adjustments to it like the seat height and https://angle.But the good thing is if you have mild cerebral palsy it's a option or even if you have #MultipleSclerosis or anything that requires you use a wheelchair part of the time.. I have to admit that it's not for every condition.. I am having so much free time with this virus.. I plan on taking it out more. If you want more information to to www.thealinker.com.. It truly has changed my life.
She has helped me so much in accepting my own limitations with #mobility . I have to use a #Cane & sometimes a wheelchair when my health, #Fibro & #Pain get really bad. Something Selma said which I can get behind especially with the stigma of needing #MobilityAids is that “don’t feel ashamed for needing help getting around”. We should not be ashamed of our mobility aids. I shouldn’t feel bad about needing my cane or my chair on bad days but sometimes I do. We have to break that #Ableist stigma. I’m so glad someone in the media is representing women with #MS #Disabilities #Fibromyalgia #ChronicPain when there is so much stigma & so little representation in tv, movies or films. #Representationmatters
themighty.com/2019/03/selma-blair-wheelchair
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