by Jessica Niziolek | Aug 1, 2018 | Voices
The world can be hard, cold, and unjust sometimes please don’t let it turn you to the dark side. You have a light, unlike anything anyone has ever seen. Those sticks and stones may have left papercut scars on your soft heart, but your heart still yours and no one can...
by Jessica Niziolek | Jul 8, 2018 | Voices
This July will mark the two-year anniversary of the beginning of what I considered to be my professional writing career. As most of you may or may not know, it all started with my desire to help my sister find answers, and resources after being diagnosed with a very...
by Jessica Niziolek | May 10, 2018 | Uplifting
For me, people have always assumed the reason for me being in a wheelchair was because of an accident. And whenever I spoke up the conversation stopped in its tracks. Like most girls I had insecurities, but my insecurities are once I could never hide from myself. I...
by Jessica Niziolek | Apr 7, 2018 | Voices
Dear former me, I am sorry for all the hard lessons, and ignorance you had to endure. Our heart has taken some pretty tough head-on collisions. But the dents and calluses were all part of growing up. For every person that never made the cut, they were simply there to...
by Jessica Niziolek | Mar 5, 2018 | Voices
It is not unusual for people to challenge someone based on various reasons. But when you’re a person with a disability, and a woman to boot the odds and roadblocks are just that high and even more challenging because society tends to look at anything different from a...
