E91: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with award-winning British disability blogger and freelance writer, cerebral palsy activist, Chloe Tear

InvisiYouth Chat Sessions

It’s great to catch up with old friends and our special guest has been part of the InvisiYouth community for over six years! We have award-winning British blogger and freelance writer and cerebral palsy activist, Chloe Tear. With over 11 years of blog/freelance writing experience, and years of working in the cerebral palsy community, Chloe has carved a lane for herself as someone with wit, intelligence and passion to support the disability community, and share her life experiences along the way to empower others.
Here’s our Four Hot Takeaways:

1. At 3:20, Chloe answers some rapid-fire questions about her secret talent, the language she wishes she was fluent in, why Grey’s Anatomy is still her guilty pleasure five years later, what’s the phrase her guide dog, Dezzie, would say to her if he could speak, and the one person Chloe would love to interview.
2. At 11:45 Chloe and Dominique talk about the reality of how lengthy and in-depth it is to get a guide dog, how training and compatibility matter for both human and dog, and why Dezzie is actually like owning two dogs as a worker and nonworker. Plus, Chloe shares about how independent living as someone with CP has been while owning her first home, what she’s done to bring accessibility into her independent living that other young people with disability can learn from, and why we believe altered independence is the way to go for a realistic mentality.
3. At 33:29, STORY TIME Intermission gets us in the romantic vibes as Chloe talks about one of her first dates with her boyfriend, George, and how a health lock-up and some hand-holding actually led to their first kiss at sunset.
4. At 37:56 we end the podcast as Dominique and Chloe talk about the realities of balancing freelance/entrepreneurial work with a traditional job, especially as people with chronic illness/disability, the ways you can find freedom in structure and find freedom in knowing that you can have an ebb and flow in your work amount and still feel passion, why Chloe has trusted her instincts to find a new relationship with her public social media platform, and why she wants to create a book on cerebral palsy in adulthood is a must-cover topic.

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Chapitres

1. Intro and a Reintroduction to the Guest (00:00:00)

2. Rapid-Fire Round-Up (00:03:20)

3. Health Hack Moments (00:11:45)

4. So That One Time, STORY TIME with our guest (00:33:29)

5. Illest Superlatives (00:37:56)