i am joining the disability march because i believe it’s important to be visible.  i am not able to participate in person due to both physical and psychological issues.  to be blunt:  i can’t walk very far (morbidly obese, lymphedema, arthritis, diabetes & diabetic neuropathy), nor can i tolerate noise or crowds (DID, PTSD).

i worry that the new administration hopes that people”like me” will just go away.  without the affordable care act, i don’t know what will become of us and i’m scared.  making a ruckus and being visible give me hope that i, and others like me, will not be forgotten.

biographical statement:  born 1958 in baltimore.  on extended sabbatical from creativity.  i hope this will end soon.