Category: Did you know…?
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Free 5 Word-a-day Spelling Bee
Try this app for keeping your spelling skills sharp; it is a lot of fun. I find that these types of activities help me avoid feeling powerless when I get locked up with cog fog. Furthermore, with auto-check and other apps, we are forgetting how to spell basic words. https://spellbeeswax.com
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Ever Locked Out Unintentionally?
Medicine caps, creamer pods, foil coverings on tubes, and plastic packaging are daily challenges that frustrate my sense of independence. Folks with no feelings in their fingers often must seek help to open such items. Little concern is invested by companies to ensure that consumers can open their products–more time and effort is spent in…
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Sunflower lanyard – signals invisible disability
This sunflower lanyard indicates the wearer has an invisibility disability and cues others to acknowledge that the individual may need patience and space to accomplish what others seemingly do without a care. There are times when I will wear this lanyard because in large crowds or noisy venues, it is easy for me to become…
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Inaccessible – A Big Word for the Lack of End User Product Design for People with MS
Most days an outsider might not see my disability: MS is that way in its unpredictability and ever-changing physical symptoms. My burning and tingling fingers are the main obstacle I face every single day. That means extra energy is spent on trying to open ziplock bags, separating thin pieces of paper, turning pages in magazines,…
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Self-Talk Serves as a Motivator
Positive self-talk has been instrumental in how I have learned to handle my MS symptoms and aches and pains. Without the power of self talk, I think my outlook would be bleak. When do I employ self-talk? Examples of times I have used self-talk to motivate myself: Maybe I do not feel like getting on…
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Using I-Phone for Tracking Walking Asymmetry
In the Health app on the I-Phone is an awesome tool that I have started to use called Walking Asymmetry. This app tracks your walking pattern and the timing of the steps you take with each foot. Walking asymmetry is the percent of time that one foot is faster or slower than the other. The…
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