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One of the things I find most important is overall health. It doesn’t matter if you’re a person with a disability or have no disability at all, investing in your health should be a top priority. This week I found out about a woman, who despite her disability, has set a goal to lose weight.

I wanted to share her story because it just shows that anyone can lose weight no matter what activity they’re able to do. Even though Jamie has obstacles in her life, she’s determined to improve her health so that she can have a better quality of life to enjoy her husband and children.

It’s difficult for anyone to get motivated and lose weight. I give Jamie kudos because even though she also attempted to be a contestant on “The Biggest Loser” but wasn’t selected, she didn’t let that stop her from reaching her goal. She even started a Facebook page titled “Wheelin Weightloss” so that people can follow along with her on her journey. This just goes to show no matter how limited a person may be by their disability, there’s always some activity available to help them lose weight if that’s what they want to do. Sometimes all it takes is a little research to see what’s available to help you meet your needs.

For more information on this story, you can go to:

https://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/this-mom-s-wheelchair-based-exercise-blog-will-totally-inspire-you-143902684.html

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It has been a really long day, but, I was so excited when I saw a post from TCM (the cable channel) on Facebook, I had to add a post to the blog. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. I will be talking about that in some future posts this month but, think it is equally important that a cable channel will spend some time highlighting the lives of people who live with a disability.

I am so excited because TCM is going to show a series of movies every Tuesday on the topic of disability as it has been portrayed in films. I have written about disability and the media before but, I am hopeful that this showing of different films will be representative of different disabilities and the impact they have, not only on the people who live with the disability but, also on those people whose lives are touched by those with the disability.

I know that through history people who are disabled have not had it easy. They have paved the way for many of us who are going through life today. Though there is still lots of work to be done in many aspects of the barriers that the disabled face, hopefully, this series will bring some positive exposure to those who a lot of the time get no exposure at all.

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In case you would like to see the lineup of films, here is the link

http://www.tcm.com/2012/projectedImage/films.html

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