• October 13, 2015

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    Using SRT and Intentional Blogging

    This is my first blog post using speech recognition technology (SRT) as my means of writing. After posting a picture of my notebook and workspace by the pool last week, I[...]

  • July 21, 2014

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    Advocacy–Everyone can do Something

    Recently a friend made a comment about all the advocacy tweets, posts, pictures, etc. on social media. She was annoyed and tired of it, and trying to figure out how[...]

  • July 17, 2014

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    Creating with Disabilities

    "It was a dark and stormy night..." is the opening phrase of Bulwer-Lytton's Paul Clifford (1830), and since then popular culture and the literati have either praised it as the[...]

  • May 16, 2014

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    No, you may not pet my Service Dog…

    ...but thanks for asking. In case you can't read it, Gizmo has a sign on his harness that says "SERVICE DOG do not distract." Have you ever wondered why? I[...]

  • May 8, 2014

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    Top Ten Things YOUNG Stroke Survivors wish you knew:

    May is Stroke Awareness Month, and this is my annual post on the topic since, as my regular readers know, I am a stroke survivor myself. I am part of[...]

  • February 27, 2014

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    Encouragement from the Woman with the Issue of Blood

    I've suffered from chronic and invisible illnesses since I was a teenager. Migraines at 15, endometriosis at 17, back issues thanks to a car accident in college, Crohn's Disease and[...]

  • January 6, 2014

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    It’s a Migraine Hangover kind of day…

    One of my goals for 2014 is to post to my blog every Monday and Thursday. I have been dealing with a migraine since Friday evening, so you can consider[...]

  • May 23, 2013

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    Life after Stroke: What I have Learned

    May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and various organizations using social media have been doing an excellent job getting out information regarding warnings and symptoms related to stroke. I would[...]

  • September 19, 2012

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    Heartbreak–an Invisible Chronic Disability?

    “It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who[...]

Kathryn McClatchy
I am a Christian, wife, mother, friend, reader, daydreamer, writer, teacher, digital media strategist, public speaker, stroke survivor, assistance dog partner, and so much more.

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