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Author: Ashton Rose
Ashton Rose is a freelance disability blogger, SEO writer, creator, and educator. Writing professionally since 2019, they specialize in SEO-driven blog posts about disability, gardening, and mental health. Ashton has worked with dozens of clients across the globe on everything from blog posts to web copy, ebooks, and more. When not writing, Ashton loves to crochet, garden, play video games, and cuddle with cute animals.
They can be found on LinkedIn @ashtonrosewrites and on the web at ashtonrosewrites.com.
Happy July! In honor of Disability Pride Month, both of this month's posts will be about disability-related writing topics. To start off the month, I'd like to provide you with some writing prompts designed to explore disability and embodiment.
This season of The Disabled Witch will be a quest to find an answer to that question. A cataloging of my own journey through the realms of disability, embodiment, and acceptance.
If you really feel like starting a blog is something you want for yourself, then you are your first reader. Yes, you want your words to reach more people. But first and foremost, you are writing for yourself.
Six months of eyes on a screen, waiting for the moment when Fifteen negatory worries flee my mind, in their placeTwenty-four reasons to trust in the throb of my heartbeat. Six months of the leap: idea, error, success, refresh. Twenty-two years, roughly, of disruption and adaptation. Twenty-four moments of loss too sweet to forget.
I haven't been as active online recently, for two reasons. The first: I'm working on some ideas that I don't feel ready to share yet. The other: I've spent a lot of time in waiting rooms. Arriving at a new neurology clinic is scary enough. Everyone in this waiting area is at least 20 years … Continue reading Season 0, Episode 9: Waiting Rooms
As a creature of structure and routine, even small changes to my normal schedule are stressful. Changes to my environment doubly so. They imbue tension in my nervous system and disrupt my ability to function. So why did my recent vacation go so well? I spent five days in Pennsylvania with my grandparents, the only … Continue reading Season 0, Episode 8: On Familiar Soil
True, infinitesimal immortality is nothing more than a pipe dream. An unattainable goal that keeps us reaching for the stars. It has already been proven that even gods die eventually, alone and forgotten on the sides of long-faded roads. Despite this, we continue to try and build deeper and deeper lies to convince us otherwise. … Continue reading Season 0, Episode 7: On Preservation and Memory
Content warning, mentions of: death, suicide, hate crimes, police brutality I once had a therapist not believe that I was autistic, because "empathy isn't something you seem to struggle with." They envisioned it as "you don't struggle to feel empathy." And in that sense, it is true. I have no trouble feeling empathy. But I … Continue reading Season 0, Episode 6: Grappling with Empathy
Dear person who broke into our storage unit, My main question is why? The motley of items you took can't be sold for more than $100, maybe $150 if you're lucky. Had you been planning this? Or was it an impulse decision? The broken latch on the door, upending of items, and lack of covering … Continue reading Season 0, Episode 5: A Letter to the Thief Who Stole My Tennis Racket
Ashton Rose 