Daily Living
Daily life with a disability is full of tasks that systems and products assume everyone can do the same way. This section centers disabled people’s own expertise: the workarounds, tools, and approaches that make ordinary tasks—eating, dressing, managing medication, getting around, having fun—actually workable.
Why This Matters
Section titled “Why This Matters”So much advice about “independence” ignores the reality of doing daily tasks with limited energy, mobility, or access to support. The pages here are practical and judgment-free. They assume your goals are valid and your constraints are real, and they collect strategies that disabled people have figured out for living the lives they want.
Pages in This Section
Section titled “Pages in This Section”Bathing, toileting, grooming, and managing menstruation or incontinence—fundamental needs, and how to meet them on your terms.
Living independently in the community with the supports you choose.
Managing Medications in an Inaccessible World
Section titled “Managing Medications in an Inaccessible World”Strategies for staying on top of medication when memory, energy, and schedules aren’t reliable.
Plain-language help for the US stimulant shortage—pharmacy-hunting, refill and transfer rules, and coping during a gap.
What assistive technology is, the range of tools available, and how to find what fits your needs.
Low-cost, homemade adaptations that support independence when commercial options fall short.
Wheelchair Maintenance and Everyday Repairs
Section titled “Wheelchair Maintenance and Everyday Repairs”Keeping your mobility working—routine maintenance and fixes for common problems.
Eating well when standing, prepping, and cooking are hard—adaptive strategies and tools.
The role of pets and service animals, and the practicalities of caring for them.
Clothing and self-presentation as identity and self-determination, including adaptive options.
Movement and sport for every body, with adaptive approaches.
Leisure, travel, and the outdoors as essentials of a good life, not luxuries.
Practical travel planning—accessibility guides and tips for trips that work.
Participating in social life, celebrations, and games on an equal basis with others.