Category: Personal Experience

A few years ago, my softball team and I during Christmas time decided to go buy toys, wrap them up, and go give them to a shelter for girls who got removed from their families. As the girls only spoke Spanish, I had a bigger role than expected as I was the only one who…

In 2010, the United States Department of Veteran Affairs began an intensive effort to shorten delays associated with access to the National Death Index (NDI) data. The motive is to increase understanding of suicide among all Veterans by developing data-sharing agreements with all 50 U.S. states. In 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted…

End-of-life care is the treatment of someone with a short amount of time left in their life or somebody with a terminal or incurable illness. When some patients reach the point of making this decision, they want to enjoy the rest of their life without a machine assisting them or worrying about any type of…

Introduction Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has been around for many years and has always been hotly debated. As a Christian-based hospice organization, we have vowed to treat each patient with love, care, and dignity. Our staff all have the same beliefs and feel that life is a gift from God and is to be regarded as…

Reflecting back on when I partook in my first EIP class in physical therapy school, I remembered going over the different research designs and methods that reduce bias in research. I learned that EIP is defined by its clinical expertise, and patient values and is accessible to the public. Also, I was educated on the…

Sexy Raggedy Ann rings my doorbell, high on October air, pumpkin spice vodka, and maybe one too many Tootsie Rolls. She is too old for trick-or-treating but her friends waiting in the car are laughing and she is grinning ear to ear. I do not answer the door. This year I am in a haunted…

In our everyday life, it encompasses the way in which we usually think, act, and feel on a daily basis. One of the key activities of daily living is human-human interaction. As mentioned by John Danne, No one is an island. This explains that all individuals interact with one another virtually daily and often more…

Fairy tales have always played an important role in my life and they’re honestly something I’m utmost grateful for. The fairy tale ‘The Little Mermaid’ by Hans Christian Anderson has personal significance to me as I can still recall my mother reading that story to me as a child before bedtime. Throughout the course of…

My high school was officially over. After studying in Pakistan for five years, I now had to make some important decisions for my future. I wanted to gain more quality education ad for that I wanted to move to a new country. I had two options, first was to move in with my dad in…

Introduction Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, is a developmental disorder that affects thousands of people every year. This disorder is characterized by the way a person socially interacts with others, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, repetitive behaviors, and obsessive interest. Each person affected by autism spectrum disorder has their own challenges and strengths in…