Determination Debrief

Volume 5

Welcome to May’s edition of the Determination Debrief! Seriously, how is it May already? Though after an incredibly sluggish and overwhelming January and February, I’m more than a little bit thankful it is going this fast so maybe we can be out of the orange fascist’s era sooner than later.

May always means it’s time for one of my favorite memes too:

Kelly Mack

recommended a great book to me recently: Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever. It’s written by Eddie Ndopu, an African disability and human rights advocate living with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare and degenerative neuromuscular condition. In the book, Eddie recounts his acceptance into Oxford University in England and the many challenges he faced trying to live that dream.