Excuse Me, Are You Talking to Me?: Self-Talk
Excuse Me, Are You Talking to Me?: Self-Talk by L. T. Force, Ph.D. Gerontologist Excuse me, are you talking to me?It is a simple question. Yet it may be one of the most important questions we ever ask ourselves.There is nobody in our lives who talks to us more than we do….and the things we say to ourselves we would never allow anyone else say to us. From the moment we wake up until the moment we fall asleep, there is an ongoing conversation taking place inside our minds. Whet
Dis-Ability: It Is Time to Reclaim the Narrative
DIS-Ability: It Is Time to Reclaim the Narrative by L. T. Force, Ph.D. Gerontologist Words matter. Words shape identity. Words influence systems. Words create assumptions. Words impact opportunity. Words influence how people see themselves — and how society sees them. And perhaps few words have carried more misunderstanding, limitation, stigma, and emotional weight than the word disability. For decades, the conversation surrounding disability has often focused primarily on de
