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Erika Bush, a mother to a 7 year old daughter who was born with cerebral palsy, is back as a guest writer contributing to The Graceful Boon. This time, she provides a step-by-step guide to being the best caregiver to a special needs child – from one mother to another.
This is a blog post written by our guest writer, Erika Bush. This is a very special post to be added to The Graceful Boon, because for the first time on this blog, we have the perspective of what cerebral palsy from a parent of someone who’s living with cerebral palsy. Erika’s youngest daughter, who’s 7 years old, has cerebral palsy, and here, Erika tells her story from the moment her daughter was born to now, and the strength it brought her as a parent.
Writing my previous posts and having numerous conversations with friends made me think a lot about ableism that doesn’t just happen in a disabled person’s personal life, but in the job market as well. Companies might have their quotas to hire disabled people, and it might be illegal not to hire someone due to their disability, but in reality, all that is complete bullsh*t! But I don’t just tell you of my experience in the job search, as I continue to do so from the previous post, but I also give you Canadian statistics as well on what the job market looks like for disabled people.
I recently got the chance to watch ‘Champions’, which is available on Amazon Prime and stars Woody Harrelson. At first, I thought it was called that because the basketball team Woody Harrelson is coaching wins the Paralympics with his aid. Though that’s the initial goal, the title of the movie ends up having a much deeper meaning for anyone who’s disabled. It’s about a disabled person being a champion in life…
On December 28th, 2023, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, who killed her mother in 2015 due to parental abuse for most of her life, was released from prison after serving more than 8 years for second-degree murder. Marc Feldman, an international expert on factitious disorders, said this was the first case he knew of in which an abused child killed an abusive parent. So here’s what we can all take away from this sad tale of events…
This particular post was going to be a part 3 to the two previous posts, but as I was in the process of writing it, it became a lot more than just about a woman’s life postpartum. Therefore, here, we cover a woman’s life and everything that can break down when she doesn’t take care of herself due to her career ambition – as told by former child star, Hayden Panettiere.