Michelle R Kidwell

You See Me, But Do You Really I’m disabled So I know What it’s like to be looked at like I’m less or not at all You see me But do you really? I’m blind I’m deaf I’m mute. I’m in a wheelchair I’m an amputee I’m one of many Looked at far To often With little regard, Talked down to. You see me In the parking lot Taking the handicap Spot But I walk What you don’t see Is the prosthetic Hiding Beneath jeans Or the lungs That don’t fully Cooperate. Your quick to judge To make assumptions About the things I can and cannot do I’m in a Chair You talk to me Like I’m two As if somehow Paralyzed legs Equal a problem With my brain. I’m mute Not really there Some say Brain damaged from infancy. But I hear What you say I respond to love The same as you. I am one Of the special ones Down Syndrome They say But you won’t be Down around me For long I have a language We all should have Love. I’m Autistic Some things take longer And I get nervous If things aren’t a certain Way But I’m a person Not a label. I’m disabled So I know What it’s like to be looked at like I’m less or not at all You see me But do you really? (C) Michelle R Kidwell June.06.2020

Little Man is learning how to take pics, he’s four! #Littleman #photography

Don’t let your characters’ disability be the only focus of your novel. Everyone had hopes and dreams, so show us what theirs is. medium.com/illumination/crea…

So with such a large number of people with disabilities why is it that it’s so underrepresented in mainstream media… michellereneekidwell-95261.m…

Little Man sure is scary lol!

Adding my prayers for someone close to me in my life who just lost a grown child, my heart hurts for them!

We do not dare to go outside, to make any noise, we will eventually have to go out to get food, but everyday they make it harder for Jews to get what they need, to go where they need. They are slowly stripping life from us, and too many take pleasure from doing this… This is an excerpt of a fictionalized Holocaust, split time novel! michellereneekidwell-95261.m…

Someone close to me lost their daughter a few days ago! My prayers are with her and her family!

It’s been a week, but Duke and I wanted to say goodnight!

Have a blessed night, it’s been a long couple of days, which I’ll elaborate on at another time, or perhaps not, but one thing is certain it’s time for sleep!