Living With Chronic Illnesses And Disabilities

In the realm of critical disability studies (CDS), it is interesting to explore how the field of CDS explores the lived experience and collaboration of the disabled and non-disabled researchers that are creating the CDS literature itself. Tregaskis and Goodley uncovered the importance of recognizing this in their work on the collaboration of disabled and non-disabled researchers in CDS (2005). Tregaskis and Goodley highlight barriers that these relationships may present to the research, and identify the role that interdependence has among all CDS researchers. Interdependence among the disabled and non-disabled aims to create a foundation of equality and trust. By focusing on the commonalities and the unity of the two parties working to the

NSF’s study was broader than that of Group Epsilon’s, but both encompass the fact that ample rest is necessary to maintain productivity at work. NSF’s focus group consisted of 1,154 adult participants. All individuals included in their study were 18 years or older, currently employed and had not been unemployed within the past three months of the survey being conducted. Likewise Group Epsilon’s respondents were from various age groups and professions. The chart below is derived from NSF’s Omnibus Sleep Poll in 2000. In the survey respondents were asked what aspects of their daily activities at work are hindered when they are sleepy. Their choices were making decisions, listening, concentrating, solving problems, handling stressful situations, and relating to coworkers. Respondents found these activities hardest to perform when sleepy (most difficult listed first):

1. When we say that something gives us “energy,” what does that mean? What is a biological definition of energy?

People should try to take more naps because naps can contribute to less stressful day. For example, Source #2 states that,” Many famous historical figures have been nappers. American presidents John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton all took frequent naps to help them deal with the pressures of leading a powerful nation”. This proves, that naps are useful when a person is full of tension. Humans should take more naps because naps can turn out to be beneficial to them. In conclusion, naps can help to a more stress-free day.

What do people think of when they first hear the word nap? Everyday sayings such as snatching a nap, being caught napping, snoozing, or stealing forty winks are all beneficial daily activities we need to add to our busy life. If we do, we will be more awake and capable to reach our full potential as an individual. People don’t realize how important a nap can be. Although popular beliefs suggest that naps are a waste of time, naps actually increase productivity by resting the brain.

To begin with, sleep is so important that even naps can’t replace it. According to source 1, “However, napping doesn’t provide all of the other benefits of a night-time sleep.” This explains that if you’re feeling drowsy, a nap can provide a short-term boost in alertness and performance, but there are other categories that even a nap can’t fill up. However, taking a nap is still better than not resting at all. It’s because if you don’t have enough sleep, you are more likely to have an accident, injury, or illness. Undoubtedly, sleeping is so important that even naps can't replace it.

Naps are very beneficial to mental performance, so sleepy people going to work should take naps. According to Source #2,”Mark Rosekind of NASA, who conducted the research, stated that even a 26-minute nap boosted a pilot’s mental performance by 34%.” (Allegra 4) The quote is saying that people can improve their productivity with a simple nap. Also, napping helps

When I was younger , I tried countless times to take naps but my body was always full up energy. Even on weekdays after school my cousins would all take their regular naps, I would always choose to go play. Although I am not the one for naps , I do believe me not getting enough rest is not healthy for the body. It is very possible that I could get into napping more if

Sleep deprivation has become a wide spread issue in the United States. This spans from kids as young as 10 as far up as adults in their 40s and 50s. This causes these people to either be not at the top of their game, which can hinder their performance, and it can also make them start to get addicted to caffeinated beverages such as coffee and energy drinks. This issue could be solved with one thing, napping.

Handling work, school, or life in general is pretty difficult, but getting enough sleep all together is pretty challenging. There are various ways to help one regain energy, but the most efficient is napping. Can napping be the solution to one's tiredness or a complete misuse of time. I believe napping is beneficial in many ways ; getting rid of stress, becoming more attentive and alert, and staying focused and concentrated.

Patient-doctor relationships may be strained and antagonistic for those with lupus. This is because the physician’s experience varies from the lived experience by the patients. It is common for patients with chronic diseases to struggle to appear as credible patients to their physicians, thus, patients with lupus may use different strategies to receive treatment for their undiagnosed chronic pain (Class notes: Chronic Illness ppt, 2016). Patients with lupus may experience a power differential with their physicians because of their medical knowledge. Most patient-doctor relationships of those with chronic illnesses are mutual. This is when the physician offers advice and technical information but allows the patient to have full participation

There are several ways to cope with chronic illnesses; some are categorized as healthy or unhealthy, but ultimately, the coping mechanism that works best is the decision of the one affected by it, or the person living with a chronic illness. One kind of coping mechanism discussed by a radio interview of Michael Kinsley is denial, which to most people seems very unhealthy and non-beneficial. Denial in most forms is considered unwise, but Kinsley argues that denial of his illness gave him "eight years of privacy, eight years of relative normalcy" and it "saved" the sympathy of his friends and loved ones for the "end" rather than the beginning of his illness when he did not need it (). For him, denial and its benefits worked, and its effects were

You may think that you can skip a few hours of sleep.But you can’t it is an important part of the night and some famous people would know.When you hear debt you make think money ,but sometimes it means sleep and to pay back the debt is by sometimes napping.Some very famous people needed a lot of sleep so they took naps and helped them relieve stress like the president so he could make the right choices.You can’t replace sleeping ,but the second best thing is napping even napping a couple of minutes will give at least 6 hours of energy.Naps and sleeping really help with a lot of things like health and helps you through the day also your overall performance.

Reading these articles, I realized how napping is important in people’s lives especially for people that work and for college students. As a student especially reading the second article which spoke about the importance of napping and they even proved it by performing an experiment on students such as myself who live in dormitories. They proved to students about efficiency of napping and how it will boost up their speed of knowledge. Because I’m almost always sleepy and force myself to stay awake to finish my school work since knowing myself when I wake up from a nap I’m not motivated to do anything.

It was warm that day. I walked to the bus with my hands shaking and eyes wide. I knew this was going to be a big day for me but I had no idea that Saturday would be the first day of the rest of my life. At first glance, this may seem like a big statement but my first day of volunteering with Camp A.N.C.H.O.R. (Assisting the Needs of Citizens with Handicaps through Organized Recreation) sent me on a journey with social justice that I am still taking. At 16 years old I thought I was going to go in and change lives but, the individuals I met ended up changing mine. I didn’t know what I was doing or much about the populations I was dealing with. However, I did know the individuals I was working with were incredibly funny, smart, talented, and had so much going for them except for one thing, their disability. I realized that these individuals were being portrayed as incompetent, unintelligent, and incapable because of one small aspect of their life. After speaking to some of their parents over the course of two years, I realized the immense difficulties these families go through. My initial reaction was anger, and then it dawned on me. If I want people to treat me like an individual and give me full human rights, have access to a public education, not receive discrimination during job interviews, they should have the exact same rights. This is not something they choose to take on each day. It is a part of their life that they deal with everyday as so many of us do with other