In this lecture by Aimee Mullins, she explores the definition of “disablilty” and how it in no ways resonates with her experience of herself. She talks about the role of adversity in her life and how her prognosis was something that she lived to defy. Aimee Mullins on Disablilty, Adversity and Prognosis
I was surprised, when opening the Mail & Guardian this weekend, to find a story titled “Locked in a coma for 23 years” (see online version here). It speaks about a man, Rom Houben, who was apparently thought to have been in a coma for the last 23 years. The headline for the story is …
Taking the “fall” for Parkinson’s. One of the most challenging aspects of doing psychology in a physical rehabilitation setting is that you are often faced with problems for which there is very little “cure”. There are many illnesses that, unfortunately, are slow, persistent and sardonic in their deterioration of the nervous system. The most a …
If you want to know me, then you must know my story, for my story defines who I am. And if I want to know myself, to gain insight into the meaning of my own life, then I, too, must come to know my own story. I must come to see in all its particulars …
From time to time I work with someone who, at some point, introduces into our conversation a concern for the fact that they harbour a secret urge to cut. This is a habit that is very poorly understood by the general public. In my experience, it is mostly not a “death-wish” as some might interpret. …