It isn't your body that is setting up those perometers. It's the structural, ysystemic decisions that have been made and priorities and non priorities that make you ten times more disabled in new york city than in o ye. What you just described as is the difference between the medical model of disability and the social model. So if we have a fully accessible society, people are not functionally disabled, walkas carson doesn't. And the social model says disability only exists in relatie ship to its environment. That was so profound to me when you said i was ten times more paralyzed in new York City than in utah. I love what you said, that new Yorks
1. The question Carson’s sister asked that made him radically reimagine his life.
2. Why Carson is having the best sex of his life.
3. How Carson received sign-off from his Mormon Bishop for his first queer date.
4. The accident that left Carson paralyzed from the chest down at 23.
5. How ableism hurts us all.
About Carson:
Carson Tueller is a coach, speaker and activist whose work provides people with the tools they need to live authentic, fulfilling, and powerful lives. He identifies as queer and disabled. Carson grew up as a Mormon in a military family moving around a lot before settling in Utah. His own journey into powerful living began in 2013 when, in the same year, he came out, and was then injured in an accident that paralyzed him from the chest down. Since then, Carson has brought his work to international nonprofits and presidential campaigns – and when he isn’t coaching or speaking, Carson can be found at the gym, reading non-fiction, or playing Pokemon with his niece and nephews.
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