What is it like living with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease?

In this episode of Wheel With It, Katherine Klimitas shares her journey growing up with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, navigating life as a wheelchair user, building a successful art business, and finding confidence in a world that often underestimates people with disabilities.

Katherine discusses her childhood, education, experiences with disability awareness, chronic pain, entrepreneurship, and how watercolor art became both a passion and a career.

If you’ve ever wondered what life is really like with OI, this conversation offers an honest, inspiring, and eye-opening perspective.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Audio issue disclaimer
01:37 Welcome to Wheel With It
01:44 Meet Katherine Klimitas
02:03 Living with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
02:24 Owning a business and becoming an artist
02:42 Growing up with a disability
03:21 Discovering watercolor painting
04:22 School and academic success
06:00 Disability awareness and public reactions
09:30 Building a career in graphic design and art
13:15 Entrepreneurship and self-employment
17:40 Life as a wheelchair user
21:15 Disability misconceptions
24:30 Independence and accessibility
28:00 Chronic pain and daily challenges
31:18 Disability benefits and employment realities
31:42 Living with chronic pain
32:19 Where to find Katherine online
33:06 Pet portrait commissions and artwork
33:32 Final thoughts
34:06 Outro

Doctors Said He Wouldn’t Live Past 18 | Dorsey Ross’s Incredible Story of Faith & Apert Syndrome

Doctors told Dorsey Ross’s parents that he might never survive childhood. Born with the rare genetic condition Apert Syndrome, Dorsey underwent dozens of surgeries and faced challenges most people could never imagine.

In this inspiring episode of Wheel With It, Dorsey shares his journey through more than 68 surgeries, growing up with a visible disability, overcoming bullying, finding strength through faith, and building a life of purpose as an author, minister, and podcast host.

This is a powerful conversation about resilience, disability, hope, and refusing to let others define your future.

In This Episode

✅ Living with Apert Syndrome

✅ Growing up with a rare disability

✅ Facing surgery after surgery

✅ Bullying and finding acceptance

✅ The role of faith during difficult times

✅ Lessons in resilience and perseverance

✅ Life beyond the limitations others predicted

Timestamps

00:00 Doctors Said He Wouldn’t Survive

00:27 Introduction

00:46 Meet Dorsey Ross

01:13 Dorsey’s Faith-Based Podcast

02:26 What Is Apert Syndrome?

03:12 Doctors Predicted He Wouldn’t Live Past 18

04:58 68 Surgeries and a Lifetime of Challenges

05:41 Faith Through Difficult Times

07:07 Growing Up With a Disability

08:08 Bullying and Acceptance

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Email: revdross@gmail.com

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Jeffrey Bone: “Health Is a Crown Only the Ill Can See” | Wheel with It Podcast

What happens when a psychologist who has spent decades helping people with chronic illness suddenly becomes chronically ill himself?In this powerful episode of Wheel With It, Jeffrey Bone shares his deeply personal journey through chronic illness, chronic pain, grief, identity loss, mold exposure, immune deficiency, and rebuilding his life from the ground up.Jeffrey opens up about:- Living with chronic inflammatory response syndrome- Being diagnosed with common variable immune deficiency- How chronic illness changes your identity- The emotional reality of long-term illness- Why poetry became his outlet for pain and healing- The importance of online disability & chronic illness communities- Finding meaning after life falls apartThis is an honest conversation about resilience, mental health, disability, and the emotional side of being chronically ill that most people never see.

🎙️ Guest: Jeffrey Bone

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction & Jeffrey Bone’s powerful opening quote

01:00 Meet Jeffrey Bone

02:00 Developing a chronic illness after helping others for decades

03:00 Devon shares her experience with vertigo

04:30 The fear and uncertainty of sudden illness

06:00 Losing your old identity after chronic illness

08:00 Grieving the healthy version of yourself

10:00 How illness changes relationships and daily life

12:00 Doctors dismissing symptoms as psychological

14:00 Discovering toxic mold exposure

16:00 Searching for answers & finally getting diagnosed

20:00 Living with an immune deficiency & weekly infusions

22:00 Finding creativity and meaning through illness

23:00 Why Jeffrey started writing poetry

25:00 What people misunderstand about chronic illness

27:00 The emotional reality of “forever” diagnoses

29:00 Online communities, disability support & advocacy

31:00 Why asking for help matters

32:00 Jeffrey’s podcast, books & where to connect

33:00 Final thoughts & outro

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