Friday, November 11, 2011

NHBPM- Something So Right

HAPPY NIGEL TUFNEL DAY!!!!

Today better freakin' go to 11. Lucky for us today's prompt is happy and positive so it's a start to going to 11. The topic for Nigel Tufnel day is... If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. What is working well in your community, healthcare, blogs, social media, or your work in particular? What do you like about it?

First off, the is working reallllllyyyyy well is Nigel Tufnel's amp that goes to 11. The other thing that is working really well for me as cripple is social media. Just today I was engaged in an epic battle of "Words With Friends" with one of my fellow cripples who I only get to physically see once a year if that. Things like facebook, twitter, etc. help me keep in closer contact with my fellow crippies. I remember in the days before facebook (five years ago-ish) I didn't have a lot of direct contact with my cripples and it was also a lot harder to find new cripples. Thanks to facebook I can socialize and spam the walls of some of my cripple friends, give advice to someone who made a page or a group about my disorder, and just in general see what my cripples are doing. It helps reassure the fact that I'm not alone. 


So yeah, that was the prompt for today. Movin' on today is going to be very busy. From 8:30-4:30 I will be attending an "anti-stigma" conference for mental illnesses. My sister (who has bipolar disorder) will be performing at the event. I'll definitely tell y'all about it. I'm also gonna be babysitting tomorrow but that's not particularly interesting. Actually, I really should get to sleep... I have to be up in 5 hours!


Crippie's Tippie- Don't see any pages or groups for your disability... MAKE ONE.


This post was written as part of NHBPM – 30 health posts in 30 days: http://bit.ly/vU0g9J 

2 comments:

  1. So do you believe now it is easier to communicate than 5 years ago is it actually better how are you finding the posts i like some of the subjects so far with NHBPM

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  2. Yes Sir,
    Five years ago facebook was still a baby and only younger people had accounts, also people mainly friended people they actually knew. Once groups and pages came along, cripples started making groups for their condition, other cripples found the groups, and before you know it there is a large network of cripples. Most of my friends on facebook are cripples.

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