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Bipolar Disorder and Identity
August 26, 2023
From 2021
Thoughts On Being Young With Osteoarthritis, and Why Jokes About Arthritis & Aging Annoy Me
August 26, 2023
From 2021
Inspiration porn
August 26, 2023
From 2021.
Childhood & Disability
August 26, 2023
I feel like disability in childhood is tragically overlooked. I remember my experience of having Fibromyalgia as a child fairly vividly. I remember the...
Memories of Fibromyalgia
August 26, 2023
The memory I recall the most vividly from my childhood — the one I think about often, the one that stands out the most — is the dizzy feeling I had at the...
“What Does Disability Pride Mean In 2020?”: An Incomplete Essay I Started in July 2020
August 26, 2023
Note: I found this when sorting through my Google Docs today. I could go back and finish it, but it was written at such a specific moment in the early days...
Beyond Accessibility: Acceptance & Understanding
August 26, 2023
Written July 2021
Chronic Disease Day 2021: SSI, Health Insurance, COVID
August 26, 2023
7/10/2021
On Ableism & Using Mental Illness as an Insult
August 26, 2023
Previously published on Medium 7/9/2021
4/20/20 - Sheltering from the Pandemic
August 26, 2023
I have been “sheltering” from the pandemic for one month and one week today. And last night I realized that my 2020 feels as if it was only about a month...
Misconceptions about Disability: Visible vs Invisible
August 26, 2023
Perhaps one of the most widespread misconceptions about disability is that a disability has to be visible. This has a lot of implications, as many many...
Introduction / Disability, Identity, & Definitions
August 26, 2023
I’m going to write about disability on here. Because of this, I figured I’d make this post for clarity. I identify as disabled. I have both chronic illnesses...
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