Dr. Jim Taylor

Perception is NOT Reality

We hear it all the time, in the business world, in the political arena, in marriages, anytime there is a disagreement or conflict: “Perception is reality.” This aphorism is often used to justify a perception that may be objectively unjustifiable or just plain out of touch with reality. It’s employed as a cudgel to beat [...]

We’re All Disabled

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2014-04-28T09:09:15-07:00 April 28th, 2014|Categories: Psychology|Tags: disability, disabled person, perception, physically challenged, self-identity, Stephen Hawking, Sue Austin, TED talk, wheelchair|6 Comments

The Huffington Post, for whom I blog weekly, asked me to write a post for the TEDWeekends edition of its website focusing on the TED talk by the wheelchair -bound performance artist, Sue Austin, titled, Deep Sea Diving…In a Wheelchair. The only instructions I was give was to consider the following themes: “How society views [...]