ABOUT
Hi, I’m Gillian and I am a 26-year-old disabled woman trying to figure out life- just like everyone else on the planet and I’m welcoming you to come on my journey with me.
I have many hopes for this platform, but one of them is to show you how painfully unextraordinary my life is in order to destigmatize living with a disability.
Here’s my life in a nutshell:
I pay bills
I walk the dog
I get groceries
I do my taxes (ok, my dad does the majority of the work on that one, but I click submit!)
See? I am an average semi-functioning adult!
With that said, I know there are aspects of my life that make me not average. I have a disability called cerebral palsy (CP). If you want to read more on that specifically, I will link it here.
Anyway, the gist is I am disabled and I am not special because of it, nor does it negate the reasons why I am special.
I’m hoping that by sharing with you I can start to change people’s perspectives as to what it means to exist as a disabled woman and that it goes far beyond disability. Friendships, relationships, intimacy and more are all part of the experience.
This is mine.