From Stairs To Ramps
From Stairs To Ramps: When You Don’t Know What To Say Or Do Around Persons With Disabilities
Have you ever found yourself in a space with a disabled person and you suddenly felt nervous because you were...
From Stairs To Ramps: Toning Down My Disability To Appease Society
Years ago I was introduced to a wheelchair support group in my hometown by a close friend. I was apprehensive...
From Stairs To Ramps: 8 Years After The Accident, The Struggle To Stay Alive
I am writing this at 2 am, deep into the night. I am in my bed cloaked by cold darkness,...
From Stairs To Ramps: Celebrating All The Caregivers Who Make Life Easier For Persons With Disabilities
It has been almost one year since I last wrote an article for this series From Stairs To Ramps. Maybe...
From Stairs To Ramps: People With Disabilities Have To Deal With So Many Negative Comments Online – Please Learn To Be Kind
Social media is without a doubt, one of the most exciting inventions of the century. When Facebook came along, we...
From Stairs To Ramps: One Size Doesn’t Fit All When It Comes To Wheelchairs
Last year I met a girl called Ida. She was eleven years at the time and her teacher had shared...
From Stairs To Ramps: Why Are Bars Are More Accessible Than Government Buildings To Persons With Disabilities?
Last year I embarked on a fact-finding mission in my hometown of Nakuru. I wanted to evaluate the state of...
From Stairs To Ramps: Please Involve Your Disabled Friends In Your Fun Activities And Also In Your Christmas Plans
Push your disabled friends out of their comfort zones this Christmas! Seasons greetings! It is Christmas season! A time to...
Living With Disability: Sometimes Great Moments Can Turn Out To Be Humiliating For Us – This Is What You Can Do To Change That
My girlfriend and I had planned for a romantic evening filled with love and a fair share of lust as...
From Stairs To Ramps: How Paralysis Affected My Mental Health
The interesting thing about my recovery journey is that I was discharged and I came home without any education about...
From Stairs To Ramps: Why It Is Important For Me To Advocate For Accessibility
Advocating for the disabled can be a little tricky sometimes. You want to talk candidly about issues that affect your...
From Stairs To Ramps: Spinal Injury Awareness Month – The Importance Of Being Acknowledged
September is Spinal Injury Awareness month. Being a spinal injury survivor myself, this is an important time for all of...
From Stairs To Ramps: Included But Excluded – When People Include You To Look Like They Care But It Is Just For Show
After the accident that left me paralysed, I spent around one and a half years in bed. I would occasionally...
From Stairs To Ramps: When People With Disabilities Are Given Medals For Just Showing Up, You Are Not Helping Us
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine and we were talking about Kenyan roads and how fewer...
From Stairs To Ramps: Finding My Identity As A Man On A Wheelchair
I am often asked how I felt when I was told that I would never walk again. For me, there...
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