Rachel's PEARLS Posts
By: Rachel
November 18, 2025
It's not that I don't like compliments about surviving so many hard life experiences; they really mean a lot to [...]
By: Rachel
November 18, 2025
One of my New Year's resolutions was to lose a bunch of weight. Well, we all know how these resolutions [...]
By: Rachel
October 25, 2025
It's the end of invisible Disability awareness week! I am sort-of a person with invisible disabilities. Albinism--a lot of people [...]
By: Rachel
June 21, 2025
Getting used to a mobility aid I don't really want people to pity me, because a mobility aid actually means [...]
By: Rachel
April 2, 2025
April 2 is World Autism Acceptance Day! Having autism is exhausting. I have to work extra hard to understand social [...]
By: Rachel
November 29, 2024
I hope you all had a great day yesterday! I'm thankful for so many things. You know the lists that [...]
By: Rachel
November 22, 2024
My heart sank. I just told someone that I wasn't getting the services I need, and they explained the problem [...]
By: Rachel
October 29, 2024
My Grandpa died last week. It didn't really hit me at first. But then someone made a request of me [...]
By: Rachel
September 5, 2024
Well, it feels like so much has passed since I wrote last, and at the same time it feels like [...]
By: Rachel
August 24, 2024
We're taught from a young age that the goal in life is to be independent. We start out [...]
By: Rachel
July 17, 2024
I've always been flexible--not my personality ?--but flexible with my body. When I was little I could do the splits [...]
By: Rachel
June 28, 2024
Some people are like ducks. Thoughtless words, rude comments, sinister whispers all splash easily off their backs. If some people [...]
By: Rachel
June 28, 2024
As the week goes on, every day of TMS makes me more exhausted. Combined with my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and [...]
By: Rachel
June 22, 2024
I'm in the thick of Transcranial Magnets Stimulation treatment for depression and anxiety! It's everyday and I'm beyond exhausted and [...]















