South Africa is not a bad place to live if you have a disability – that’s what I keep learning 🙂

It’s  3  : 49 PM on day 974 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,  pray, read Numbers 27, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet and Facebook about my campaign – a staff member of Not For Sale got in touch with me to tell me that she changed the settings on my page so that international  donors wouldn’t receive an AVS error message when they made donations I’m going to test it as soon as my mom comes home from work if it works I will be the happiest person on the planet 🙂 –    stretch my hamstrings,  take off my jacket and old t-shirt and put on a new one – it always takes me a lot longer longer to take off layers of clothing and truth be told I didn’t think I could do it but I kept trying and chanting in my head in God all things are possible  and two hours later after much sweating I was in a clean t-shirt 🙂 –  practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast and practice typing with both hands.

Two days ago I read Medical Monday: Disabled in Vietnam on Whispers of a Barefoot Medical Student which made me realize  South Africa is not a bad place to live if you have a disability sure I wish that public transport was wheelchair accessible and sure I wish there were more special schools in this country but at least here most kids who need it have access to physiotherapy and occupational therapy and you rarely hear of a child dying from a treatable condition like Hydrocephalus.    Do you appreciate the advantages that come with living in the country that you live in?