When Life Gives You Lemons
We do a bit of Research into handicapped travel issues and provide some solutions. Mobility, Hearing, Sight, Mental issues included. so far our episodes have included some information on Ataxia, Cerebral Palsy, Deafness, Dancing Sickness, Gulf War Syndrome, Long Covid and Wheelchairs. We are both Disability Advocates and realize there are too many diseases and conditions to cover and try to discuss the most common problems disabled people face and spread some awareness of disabled issues non-disabled people are unaware of.
CORRECTION
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Episodes
62 episodes
What Counts As Independence After SCI (part 3)
Most people think a spinal cord injury has one clear story line. Wendy blows that up in the best way. She’s an L1 paraplegic who’s lived with spinal cord injury for 35 years, and she joins us to talk through what “paraplegic” and “quadriplegic”...
What Counts As Independence After SCI (part 2)
A spinal cord injury can arrive like a single moment, or it can build slowly through missed clues and delayed care. We’re Kevin and Palmy, and we sit down with Thomas to hear a story that starts with something rare: he was born without his firs...
What Counts As Independence After SCI
A spinal cord injury can change movement, sensation, and the parts of the body you don’t usually think about until they stop working the way they used to. Kevin and I get practical about SCI awareness, not as doctors and not as a diagnosis guid...
What Happens When Disability Collides With The System
A single moment split Danny Williams’ life in two: before the traumatic brain injury and after. What followed wasn’t a neat arc of recovery but years of stubborn iteration—wheelchair to walker to rollator to cane—paired with speech therapy, die...
TBI 101 For Real Life
A sudden jolt can change everything. We dive into traumatic brain injury with a clear, practical guide to what TBI is, how it shows up in daily life, and why the path from hospital to home is rarely straight. We break down the spectrum—from mil...
CLASSIC - Dancing Plague, to Gulf War Syndrome, To Long COVID
A woman dances through the streets of 1518 Strasbourg until she collapses. Decades later, veterans return from the Gulf War with symptoms no one can neatly explain. Today, long COVID lingers, a modern mystery that feels unsettlingly familiar. W...
CLASSIC - Diabetes, Disability, And Daily Choices
Sugar numbers don’t live in a lab; they live in our kitchens, routines, stress, and sleep. We open up about what diabetes really looks like day to day—one of us reversing type 2 after major weight loss, the other managing prediabetes while navi...
CLASSIC - Inside The Brain Chip: How BCIs Could Restore Independence
A thought can become action faster than a mouse click—imagine what that means for someone who can’t move their hands. We take you inside Neuralink’s fast-evolving brain computer interface, translating neural activity into cursor control and exp...
CLASSIC "Badges! We don't need no stinking BADGES..."
What happens when the only elevator is “out of order” and there’s no plan to fix it? We dig into the everyday barriers that turn a simple night at the movies—or a weekend away—into a logistical and emotional gauntlet for disabled people and the...
CLASSIC No, He’s Not Drunk—He’s Navigating A Disability With Humor
What if every simple movement required a plan—and every plan demanded patience, creativity, and a sense of humor? We open up about Kevin’s 27-year journey with spinocerebellar ataxia, tracing the path from double vision in the Army to a three-y...
CLASSIC Avoid The Scam: What We Learned And How You Can Stay Safe
A sweet Mother’s Day idea turned into a masterclass on fraud after a glossy Facebook ad led us to a sketchy site, cloned URLs, and pages of warnings. That near-miss sent us digging through FTC data and real-world cases to map the top scams drai...
CLASSIC Service Dogs, Explained Clearly
Service animals aren’t defined by a vest or an online “certificate.” They’re defined by task-specific training that helps a person navigate daily life—and that difference matters for rights, safety, and ethics. We dig into the real lines betwee...
CLASSIC From Double Vision To Advocacy: Living With Ataxia
A rare diagnosis can upend everything—work, family rhythms, even the way you walk to the bathroom at 3 a.m. We open our second year by mapping the real, unpolished path from double vision and clumsy stumbles to a confirmed movement disorder and...
MS, Explained Clearly
What if your body turned everyday tasks into two-day events? We dive into multiple sclerosis with a clear, human guide to what’s happening inside the nervous system and what it actually feels like to live with MS fatigue, vision changes, balanc...
ALS, Explained Clearly
Motor neurons are the body’s messengers, and when they fail, everyday actions start to slip. We take you inside ALS with a clear, human guide to what’s happening in the body, how early signs can be mistaken for stress or overuse, and why diagno...
So, does starting count at zero make you a cyborg?
What happens when your thoughts touch the world beyond your body—and who gets a say in what happens next? We take a grounded look at Neuralink’s latest human trials and the wider brain–computer interface landscape through the lens of disability...
Breathing Lessons: The Girl Who Died Ten Times
What happens when chronic illness strikes someone who's never engaged in the behaviors typically associated with it? Meet Cece Henderson, a healthcare worker, school bus driver, and mother of six who was diagnosed with COPD in 2017 despite neve...
Breaking Barriers: The Journey of Ms. Wheelchair Maryland
What happens when the world isn't built for your body? Carla Cobbs, crowned Ms. Wheelchair Maryland 2023, takes us on an illuminating journey through her life navigating a world designed primarily for able-bodied individuals. Born with arthrogr...
Shedding Light on Healing: Red Light vs. Laser Therapy Explained
Curious about the healing potential of light? In this illuminating episode, we dive deep into the world of red light therapy and laser treatments, uncovering their scientific foundations, benefits, and crucial differences.The journey be...
Alexa, Tell Me Why My Robot Bed Wants to Kill Me
The line between medical innovation and science fiction gets blurrier every day, but when does hopeful technology cross into dangerous misinformation? Kevin and Palmy tackle the controversial topic of "med beds," separating legitimate medical a...
Methylene Blue: Medicine's Rediscovered Wonder
Methylene blue might be the most intriguing medical compound you've never heard of—unless you've been scrolling through TikTok lately. Kevin and Colmie dive deep into this fascinating substance that began life as a simple cloth dye in 1876 befo...
Parenting on the Spectrum: A Mother's Journey
The mystery of autism becomes deeply personal in this intimate conversation with Jessica, a mother whose journey with her autistic son ultimately inspired her own career in special education. Jessica takes us through the pivotal moment when her...
Autism Spectrum: Beyond the Labels
What does it really mean to be on the autism spectrum? Beyond stereotypes and misconceptions, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a fascinating variation in how human brains develop and function.We dive deep into understanding aut...
Lungs Under Lock and Key: The Smoky Path to COPD
Breathing is something most of us take for granted—until it becomes difficult. In this deep dive into Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Kevin and Palmy explore the complex reality of living with compromised lungs.The hosts b...
Beyond Diagnosis: The Evolution of Modern Cancer Care
Cancer treatments have evolved dramatically from automatic death sentences in the 1970s to manageable conditions where patients can live for additional years or even decades with proper care.• Ruth's experience with her oncology team de...