This section answers a number of questions and addresses concerns you may have about your body. This ranges from discovering and knowing your body to staying healthy and managing your periods. We explore how you can feel good about and enjoy your body, and explore your relationship with beauty.

Discovering Your Body
It’s often assumed that disability creates a split between a person and their body because of the things they “lost.”

Knowing Your Body
I get the feeling people think that because I am in a [wheel]chair there is just a blank space down there.

Managing Your Periods
I’m getting older. I’m getting bigger. My body is changing. Sometimes there will be blood coming from my body.

Staying Healthy
Our bodies are where self-esteem, desire and sexuality come together. The more attention we pay to our needs, the better we are able to take care of ourselves.

Feeling Good
If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone. I should seek in vain for the light that does not visit my eyes and the music that does

Beauty And You
Our bodies are where self-esteem, desire and sexuality come together. The more attention we pay to our needs, the better we are able to take care of ourselves.

Enjoying Your Body
How could I dance when I couldn’t walk? The thought of life without dancing was extremely depressing for me. I had to find a way to keep dancing.