Published in Immerse·Jan 23How Innovation Sets Me BackwardsTech that could be enabling me is impairing me instead. — Note: The opinions in this article are solely those of its author. In September, I was waiting to cross the Embarcadero in San Francisco. A woman standing nearby asked me, “Is that the wheelchair that can climb stairs?” I shook my head. (I hadn’t gotten this one before, so I…Disability6 min readDisability6 min read
Jan 2, 2020How to make a life plan and actually follow it(May 2021 update: You can also watch my video about life planning.) Seizing the day is great. Seizing all the days is even better. If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, would you choose to spend your time the way you have been? How about if you died…Productivity10 min readProductivity10 min read
Aug 13, 2017Urban Outfitters violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Then they banned me.Edit: In the week following this incident, Urban Outfitter’s head of retail in North America spoke with me and my friend, apologized unreservedly, and committed to the following: My friends and I are welcome in any Urban Outfitters store, and UO will re-train their staff regionally to live up to…Disability5 min readDisability5 min read
