Posts Tagged ‘Schooling’

Tosin explains how you can have a successful and happy life with sickle cell. Once we shift our mentality, we all can achieve all our goals and dreams. [continue reading...]

For those going off to college this year....here are some steps to help guide you through another semester. [continue reading...]

For educators, parents and children with sickle cell disease, this video is a good point of education on the challenges faced by children and adults with sickle cell disease. [continue reading...]

Disability takes on a different connotation for everyone. As a person with SCD do you identify as being disabled? [continue reading...]

April explores the steps of helping your teen gain independence and successfully transition into the adult system. [continue reading...]

Hello darlings, Do you like my spiffy new signature? I saw it and totally fell in love with it. Bonjour from the beautiful city of Toronto…I had such a blast and I can’t wait to go back. The trip was lovely—no sickness whatsoever, the people are great and it’s truly a city of multiculturism. I [continue reading...]

One thing that I’ve learned with having this ailment is that I can’t let it scare me or change anything about the way I want to live my life. I’m very determined and want to achieve all my dreams, goals and aspirations. I won’t let anything stop me from attaining my full potential—and schooling was [continue reading...]

Choosing nursing as a major was an easy decision for me to make. I’ve always been interested in being a nurse, especially since I noticed that when I was sick, the nurse was the one that had the most input into my well-being and care. I went straight from high school into college at Oakwood, [continue reading...]

This post is for Kem. When I was younger, my parents kept my sickle cell a huge secret. They didn’t want me categorized and stigmatized as a Sickler. Although it was a good move in some areas on their part, it left me feeling like I was living a double life. When I was out [continue reading...]

When I was a freshman in college, I worked part time at the Social Sciences building for this teacher, grading reports and filing her paperwork. It was my first semester, and although I had alot of friends and acquaintances, I was still operating under my former credo (Tell No one). One day I was walking [continue reading...]