LeftyByDefault.com – Laura Overstreet

“Twenty/20″ I like numbers. I like what they tell us, what they signify, their symmetry, and how they have occupied my time over the years. Dates and anniversaries are the epitome of the power of numbers for me. I’m one of those people who can tell you the dates of almost any significant thing that [...]

Social media. It is a way of life for most of us these days. Who would have ever conceived of common usage of the word “tweet?” Now we use it as a verb and we’re not even chirping like little birds! Social media is a big stinking deal. Even my mom’s on Facebook, people. This [...]

The text of this blog is short to tell you about the podcast I just did with Many Worlds Network creator Alexander Kaminsky.  We chatted about my perspectives and experiences with disability.  Good fun for a Sunday.  Check it out here!  It plays for about 28 minutes.

Monday I put on my well-worn disability awareness speaker hat and spoke to a college class about ableism, able-bodied privilege. (Well, it’s not really a hat but more of a speaker voice I tune. It’s only slightly different than my usual voice. I can’t command it, it just happens.) It was a human services class [...]

Yesterday was a an absolutely gorgeous Georgia day. I believe the temperature got above 70 degrees, and I was dressed in my favorite spring attire: smooth, khaki colored dress pants, a pink and white striped Oxford shirt, and a white pullover cable-knit sweater. I was just a few colors short of an Easter egg. With [...]

I am the Maid of Honor for one of my best friend’s, Johanna’s, wedding coming up August 1st – woohoo! I am very honored that she asked me and looking forward to the big day. Getting a Maid of Honor dress has been a little more difficult, simply because I need separates and sizing is [...]

Alex at Many Worlds Network sent me the following Associated Press YouTube video about Billy McLaughlin, a virtuoso guitar player who, after a long career sustained an injury to his right (dominant) hand and then got focal dystonia, a neurological disorder, in his right hand, making it imppossible to use that hand to play.  For a few years after his [...]

 I am a regular guest lecturer/speaker on disability awareness topics in classes at Kennesaw State University. I have been doing it for nearly 10 years and love it! I get to experience so much; I hone my public speaking skills, learn about and impart disability awareness, challenge myself, answer endless important questions, get involved in [...]

During my Internet time this week, I found three awesome pieces that really exemplify thriving with disability.  The first is a kid who does what he calls “hardcore sitting.”  He has spina bifida and uses his manual chair to do adapted skateboarding tricks.  This dude rocks!  Check out the awesome video here! Next is an article about a [...]

Today is the 1st Annual International Day of Acceptance!  I have written about 3E Love before, but I cannot express often enough how awesome their company is, but more than that is how awesome their message is.  Disability pride, in the true sense of these words, is one of those things that has only recently been a [...]