How the spoon theory can help explain the energy it takes to live with disabilities
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How the spoon theory can help explain the energy it takes to live with disabilities
Nov 17, 2021
CBCJohn Loeppky
Is it a motivation or capability issue? In 2003 a brilliant woman by the name of Christine Miserandino published an essay entitled “The Spoon Theory” which went on to change the way people think about mental and physical challenges. Here’s the short and sweet version: “Spoons” is a metaphor, a code word, to describe and measure how much physical and emotional capacity each of us has to get through the day. Imagine you start the day bright and early with ten Spoons. You use up one Spoon getting o
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