My First Time in a Wheelchair

On 21 Jan 201724 Jan 2017 By Cait (like cat) GordonIn Fibro, Health, Random stuff, This blog's posts9 Comments

As many of you know, I've a disability that affects my mobility. In 2016, I decided enough was enough and I would make use of mobility devices so that I could have a better quality of life and stop saying, "I can't," to events. The reason it took me so long to get there mentally …

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Using ‘they’ as a singular pronoun

On 17 Oct 201617 Oct 2016 By Cait (like cat) GordonIn Just stuff, This blog's posts, WritingLeave a comment

When I was in school and even early on in my career as a technical writer, using they as a singular pronoun meant being tied to the rack or put in the stocks until you chose he or she instead. As a result, my brain was conditioned to think in a horribly binary way. Many …

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