My thoughts regarding disabilities

Elliot Felde November 2, 2026 4 Comments

I get some questions about what it’s like living with a disability, and I plan to address those as well as share my thoughts on the disability community.

A question/comment I might get is Why are you in a wheelchair. I was born with a disability called Cerebral Palsy, which is caused by damage to the brain and made it hard for me to get oxygen at birth. There are multiple types of Cerebral Palsy, and they affect people in different ways. Cerebral Palsy caused my muscles to stiffen and my leg muscles to not work properly.

Another question people might ask is, can you catch Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral Palsy isn’t a sickness that you can catch. Cerebral Palsy is a disability that I’ve had since birth.

A common thing that I’ve seen people do is that some people tend to treat people with disabilities like we are younger than we are. This happened to me in school, and a school aide always talked down to me. Before I decided to approach her and explain not to treat me that way, she had already quit. Please treat people with disabilities like how you’d like to be treated.

I don’t understand why people tend to group people with disabilities together. For example, in high school, I took a life skills class, which was fine. I enjoy learning life skills. The issue was that I had to leave 10 to 20 minutes early to catch the bus before the last bell rang at 3:25. People might respond Couldn’t your teacher explain what was coming up ahead of time? My question would be: Why was I being treated for something I can’t control? I would have liked to have stayed the extra ten minutes of school like everyone else. This happened throughout high school. I would have liked to be asked, “Would you like to go home a little early or stay until the last bell?”

Does anyone relate to this? What are your thoughts regarding people with disabilities? Please feel free to comment below. If you want to reach out to me privately, please visit the contact me page on the homepage.

If anyone is interested, I’m thinking about posting an unfiltered version of this post to share more in-depth details on this topic. Please let me know if you’d be interested, and if I get enough responses, I’ll post the unfiltered version with more details on my thoughts.

My positive attitude

Elliot Felde October 12, 2026 2 Comments

I have a pretty positive attitude. I don’t let anything really bother me too much. I’m an open book, and you can ask me anything. There’s one question I don’t really like answering more than once: my personal care. Other than that, feel free to ask me anything.

I think of my positive attitude as my superpower; I tend to see things differently than other people. When I see people in a bad mood, I don’t always understand why they are upset. They could be having a bad day or not feeling well. I like to spread positivity around; I don’t like negativity, and I try to avoid it as much as I can.

What is your attitude like, and does it help you see the world differently? Please feel free to leave a comment below.

If you want to reach out, visit the Contact me page on the homepage to email me or follow me on social media.

Movie Making with Elliot

Elliot Felde August 8, 2026 No Comments

Last year I gave a presentation on how to make short films, and I uploaded it to YouTube. As you may know, I attended a film and media workshop where I learned how to make short films, which you can read here as well as watch some of the films I was involved in here https://elliotshares.com/blog/film-and-media-workshop/

You can watch my presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFQffbpFM5M&t=8s

Do you have an interest in making short films or videos or learning how they are made? Please comment below and tell me your story. I look foward to reading them.

If you have any questions about my presentation, please feel free to comment, or you can vist the Contact Me page where you can send me an email or follow me on social media if you want to contact me privately

Meeting Josh Blue

Elliot Felde July 15, 2026 2 Comments

A few years ago, my brother and his girlfriend surpised me by taking me to see Josh Blue in Sacramento. My brother got me into his car. My brother’s girlfriend told me we had a long drive ahead of us. We drove to Sacramento. I don’t have an idea why we were there. We went to Baja Fresh (a fast-food Mexican restaurant) and sat down. Suddenly, a person comes in, and my brother asks me Who’s that? It was Josh Blue. He walks over to where we were sitting. My brother introduces himself and tells him my name. I can’t talk because I’m very surprised. My brother says See you at your show. We go see his show. I died laughing during his show (he was much funnier in person than on YouTube.) After his show, we go over to where he’s sitting. I asked whether I knew you. I played a joke with Josh. I said You’ve been outpalsed (there’s a YouTube video explaining what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYrwudqIQ0). My brother gets a DVD and a shirt. Josh Blue signed my shirt.

Have you heard of Josh Blue? If you have how did you hear about him? Have you ever seen his stand up routines?

My journey to supported living

Elliot Felde July 15, 2026 5 Comments

When I was in high school, an aide told me about supported living. Supported living is a service in which adults with special needs receive assistance to live on their own or with a roommate. I was interested in learning more about supported living, so the aide gave me contact info for a supported living supervisor. I started contacting her with many questions. I even went through the process of getting staff and looking at places where I could move to. However, my mom was very nervous about me moving out. She wanted me to be safe and I understand that. I didn’t end up moving out then.

My brother suggested I move in with him. I lived with him for about a year, and then he moved out, so his roommate wanted to assist me. He became very difficult to live with, so my brother set up supported living for me. The roommate and staff didn’t get along, so I ended up moving to a home with other people. I didn’t like it there at all. It was a care facility. It was hard for me to be independent. I finally moved in with a roommate through a supported living agency called Compass. (I recently posted about Compass Con, which you can see here https://elliotshares.com/blog/compass-con-recap/) I had a roommate who was nice. He talked a lot, and I ended up moving in with another roommate, who I currently live with.

What is your living situation like? Do you live by yourself, with roommates, or do you still live with your parents? Please feel free to leave a comment below, or you can contact me by visiting the Contact Me page (where you can email me if you want to contact me privately). I look forward to reading your comments.

Disney Dreamlight Valley: Showcase

Elliot Felde October 17, 2025 1 Comment

A few weeks ago, I posted about a game I play called Dreamlight Valley. On Oct. 15th, there was a showcase that showed off what’s coming to the game the rest of the year, as well as the first three updates of next year.

The next three to four updates coming to Dreamlight Valley are Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Pocahontas, and Hercules. The Cinderella update will be available Dec. 10th.

In November, we’ll be getting a new expansion called Wishblossom Ranch. In Wishblossom Ranch we’ll be getting a new way to explore and do things around our valley by being able to ride horses. We’ll be able to do everything on horseback that we can do on foot, such as gardening, mining, and digging. We’ll be able to fully customize horses. We’ll have a stable that will hold four horses. We’ll also be meeting three Disney horses that will have special abilities that we will be able to unlock. Wishblossom Ranch will be available on Nov. 19th

I don’t want to give too much away in case you want to watch the showcase for yourself. You can watch the showcase here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv92KKv9fGI if you are interested.

I’m very excited about Wishblossom Ranch and the ability to ride horseback, which will make it easier to explore and do things in our valley.

Are you familiar with Wishblossom Ranch? Would you like to learn more about it?