I Broke My Leg. Here’s Why It’s No Big Deal

I’m starting to lose track of how many bones I’ve broken. It’s probably 60, but it may be 70, even higher. Who knows. Either way, a broken bone is not a ruined day. As you probably know, I have Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or OI. It basically means that I have brittle bones. As I write thisContinue reading “I Broke My Leg. Here’s Why It’s No Big Deal”

What Happened When I Saw Disabled People For Real

I grew up in a town of about 4,000 people in central Illinois. There were cornfields for miles. But as I saw the corn, I rarely saw anyone with a disability like mine, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), or brittle bones. Sure, I saw kids with my disability on TV. They were always cast as the sadContinue reading “What Happened When I Saw Disabled People For Real”