Life Autistic Pride Hi, there! I’m just your friendly neighborhood Queer, nonbinary, disabled, feminist Autistic here to tell you about a Jess Grey Posted on June 18, 2020
Essays Sprouting Last spring, I attended an eight-week therapy group for chronically ill folks. In it, we developed a language around talking Jess Grey Posted on February 25, 2020
Essays, Self Care Finding the Humor in Chronic Illness Being chronically ill sucks. Bottom line. It’s not fun. Or funny. Or enjoyable. But… there are moments that make me Guest Author Posted on September 5, 2019
Life, Mental, Self Care How to Care for Your Soul Online When You’re Feeling Lonely, Other, or Generally Crappy Navigating the wondrous, complicated, and sometimes treacherous world of the Internet can be a tricky business, especially Nanea Hoffman Posted on June 12, 2019
Essays Personal Essays | Caregiver First, Elizabeth Second If you had asked 15-year-old Elizabeth to describe herself with three terms, “caregiver” would have been first. Before Guest Author Posted on November 29, 2018
Essays, Self Care How I’m Coming to Radically Accept My Life as a Young Adult with Fibromyalgia Note: I wrote this article for “The Mighty” back in spring 2016 when I was on leave from social work grad school. During that Emmie Arnold Posted on May 15, 2018
Self Care 30 Unique Skills of People Who Live with Chronic Health Conditions People often think of disabled people in terms of what they lack, but here are a few remarkable gifts that we have. A list of Emmie Arnold Posted on May 6, 2018
Culture Sweatpants & History | Helen Keller and Her Protean Legacy A semi-brief aside, before I jump headlong into this discussion: There are a number of pitfalls folks seem to stumble into Jess Grey Posted on June 26, 2017
Culture Sweatpants & Equality | Autism Acceptance Month Another April, another round of autism being widely discussed. We at S&C continue our journey from “awareness” to “acceptance.” Jess Grey Posted on April 25, 2017