April 2020 - Tripping On Air

Month: April 2020

How To Share Your Story As An MS Advocate

Patients are experts in a way that doctors and drug companies could never be. If you have MS, you know things others do not.

April 19, 2020 • 14 Comments

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How To Manage Fear Of Worst-Case Scenarios

A lot of worst-case scenarios are being cooked up as we try to fill in the blanks about what comes next.

April 7, 2020 • 25 Comments

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I started needing mobility aids in 2016. I was de

I started needing mobility aids in 2016. I was devastated. I struggled so hard to accept this degree of disability.

The first tentative picture of me with my rollator in 2016. A black and white reflection in the glass because I wasn’t ready to see this version of myself in technicolor detail.

Ten years later you may see me rolling around in a transport chair but the fact is I’m still walking. Yes, I’m slow and stiff but I am so effing grateful to still be moving, to still be walking at all.

#2016 #thisIsMS

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My husb at the airport carrying a compact Rollator

My husb at the airport carrying a compact Rollator in an L-shaped bag.

Strangers keep trying to guess what’s inside 🤔

Wrong answers only.

@byacre

We like to think our anger at slow walkers is a ha

We like to think our anger at slow walkers is a harmless pet peeve, a joke, a Hugh Grant rant 🤬

But in a culture that equates busyness with worth, moving slowly often reads as failure.
Slowness is perceived as inconveniencing others, taking up too much time, too much space.

As someone who lives in a body that can’t always keep up, this article isn’t about etiquette. It’s about what we signal when we decide who belongs in public spaces, and who doesn’t.

The Real Reason Slow Walkers make us so Angry. Link in bio

#thisisms

In 2025 I became a published author 🥹 At the s

In 2025 I became a published author 🥹

At the start of the year I begged my disabled-ass body to show up for me throughout this year of travel and book events knowing that I was asking too much but also that it was a once in a lifetime kind of deal.

And here we are! Thank you, body! 🖤 You complained a lot but we got it done and it was amazing.

Thank you, husband, for carrying my shit and pushing me when I was too tired to walk, and for making sure I always had coffee and a pastry no matter which city I woke up in.

One million thank yous to everyone who showed up for me this year. I can think of at least 6 of you who got on a plane for me 🖤 that’s true love 🙏

Thank you, Trippers, for reading my book, for coming to my launch and other events, for telling your friends, for leaving reviews, for sharing your own stories with me.

Wishing you all peace and lots of main character energy as we roll into 2026.

Love, Ardra 😘

#fallosophy #thisisms #2025wrapped

In a year when there were a number of garbage fire

In a year when there were a number of garbage fires a lot of us would like to forget, I want to remember the truly magical experience of my first book (Fallosophy: My Trip Through Life with MS) being published 🙏

I got to meet and share a stage with so many incredible authors on my book tour and if you made an impression on me, well, your book is now living on my bookshelf but also in miniature form on my tree! 🎄

Featured Books by these Canadian baddies:

The Monster and the Mirror by @kjaiello_writer
Restaurant Kid by @rachelmphan
Voices in the Air by @kasiajaronczyk
Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by @emilyraustinauthor
A Reluctant Mother by @really_deirdre
It Must be Beautiful to be Finished by @katygies
Crooked Teeth by @thedannyramadan
Julie Chan is Dead by @theliannz
Look Ma, No Hands by @gabrielle.drolet
Blind Drunk by @veronicarobin
Beautiful, Beautiful by @brandonarthurreid
The Adversary by @michael_crummey
A Town with No Noise by @karenesmythe
We Survived the Night by @jnoisecat
Restorying Education by Carolyn Roberts
Maid by @nitaprose
The Marionette by @terry.fallis
All the Little Monsters by @davidrobertsonwriter
Dragon Boats & Doctor’s Notes by @hudsonlinwrites

Thanks @crossing_the_line_lasers on Etsy for this ornament 🤩 🌟

#canadian #bookstagram #booksta

Merry Christmas, Trippers 🎄Be gentle on yoursel

Merry Christmas, Trippers 🎄Be gentle on yourselves 🖤

I love an end of year list and Best Dressed is pro

I love an end of year list and Best Dressed is probably my favourite.

So far it’s been a bummer to see how disabled fashion lovers have been left off the most important and influential lists.

Who’s got sick style? Tag your favourite disabled fashion inspo so we can all check them out. Bonus points for tagging yourself 😍

#bestDressed #2025 #thisIsMS

ID: Ardra rocks a printed maxi dress, raw silk turban, giant sunnies, denim jacket and a black and white Rollator @rollzint