One time during college I was with a good friend of mine, Margaret. We were waiting to see a dance show. Turns out that I ran into another friend of mine (let's call her Polly) during the show and she sat next to us in the second or third row. Since there wasn't a lot… Continue reading No, I Am Not Faking It
Tag: friendship
On Empathy
Sometimes I struggle with the distinction between empathy and sympathy. I suppose one way of looking at it would be that empathy is when you feel what another person is feeling, whereas sympathy is more like you care about what another person is feeling, but you can't experience it yourself because you don't know what… Continue reading On Empathy
On the Concept of Trust
I usually start posts like these by defining the word in question, but I don't think it's necessary to define the word itself in this case. Therefore I am going to assume that everyone knows what trust means. Rather, I'd like to introduce the concept of trust within the context of living with a disability.… Continue reading On the Concept of Trust
The Spastic Diplege 