by Jennifer Gasner | Jun 15, 2023 | Jennifer Gasner
It’s official! Here is the cover of My Unexpected Life: Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis. It will be released on September 7, 2023. Here is the blurb… Jennifer Gasner is seventeen when her dreams are shattered overnight. Receiving a diagnosis of...
by Jennifer Gasner | Mar 7, 2023 | Jennifer Gasner
Where would I and the millions of others with disabilities be without Judy Heumann? I shudder to think. I was not even three when she was part of the 28-day non-violent sit-in at a federal building in San Francisco to get Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973...
by Jennifer Gasner | Feb 8, 2023 | Jennifer Gasner
I know it’s been a while… what can I say? I’ve been a little distracted by my book. Today’s post may seem a little erratic and all over the place. I haven’t been here in so long that I will try to write this on the spot and publish it right away rather than go through...
by Jennifer Gasner | Aug 24, 2022 | Friedreich’s Ataxia, Jennifer Gasner, Who I Am
I have been re-reading my posts, and I wonder if I am being truly authentic. I know I am truthful. I am proud to be disabled, annoyed by the views people have of people with disabilities, and have shared some of the frustration that happens with Friedreich’s ataxia....
by Jennifer Gasner | Jul 24, 2022 | Disability History, Jennifer Gasner, Who I Am
Recently, I was looking through old pictures trying to find some image to potentially integrate into the cover of my upcoming memoir, My Unexpected Life: Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis. I contemplated whether or not to use a photo where I was walking solo, with...
by Jennifer Gasner | Jul 12, 2022 | Disability History, Friedreich’s Ataxia, Jennifer Gasner, Who I Am
I was 17 when the Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA), was signed by President George H. W. Bush in July 1990. While I don’t remember the specific words, images of me standing in our summer sun-lit living room pausing to enjoy the cool breeze coming from the...
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