I recently paid a visit to Ross O, my dentist, for my quarterly teeth cleaning and gum bleeding. As I maneuvered my new powerchair down the office hallway, Martha, the hygienist, suggested that rather than struggle with a transfer into the dentist’s chair, I could simply back my chair into her room and press the [...]
Archive for the ‘Accessibility’ Category
B.Y.O.D.C.
Posted in Accessibility on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Happiest AND Most Accessible Place on Earth
Posted in Accessibility, Vacation on August 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Emma’s First Visit to Disneyland
A Photoessay
Words: Jason Picetti Pictures: Ameer Khan
Earlier this month, Fehmeen, her brother Ameer, Emma, and I piled into the proverbial Wally Wagon and made our way south down I-5 to Disneyland. And despite the fact that things got off to a less-than-ideal start (please refer to the stolen stroller incident), a [...]
An Apt Analogy
Posted in Accessibility on July 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
How long does it take to watch yourself go bald? Is it something you notice over a period of either years or decades or do you all of a sudden look in the mirror one morning and say, “Oh crap, I’m bald?”
What about gaining weight? Is it possible to keep tabs on your ever expanding [...]
Toro
Posted in Accessibility on June 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Quick question for you:
Is there a word for not being able to find the right word to adequately describe an experience?
The only reason I ask is because as I struggle mightily to nail down that perfect word to explain what happened to me this past Saturday night, I find my mind meandering down etymological avenues [...]
“I’ve Got a Lot of Problems”
Posted in Accessibility, Bad Behavior, Fehmeen on January 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last Friday, Fehmeen and I attended a speaking engagement at Foothill College. The event, hosted by the philanthropic group Trust in Education, featured Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, in a discussion with Trust in Education founder, Budd MacKenzie. Their conversation centered around MacKenzie’s groups mission of “Bringing Education [...]
