Disability Pride Month 2022
Though not yet a nationally recognized thing, July is Disability Pride Month. Commemorating the signing of the Americans with
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July 26, 2022
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It’s Pride Month and I’m Scared
When I decided to write something about Pride month again this year, I struggled to decide how I wanted to approach the
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June 23, 2022
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, or How I Finally Got Angry After a Decade of Pain
Cover photo by Polina Zimmerman on Pexels This year marks a full decade since I first began experiencing symptoms of
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May 12, 2022
Autistic Pride
Hi, there! I’m just your friendly neighborhood Queer, nonbinary, disabled, feminist Autistic here to tell you about a
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June 18, 2020
Sprouting
Last spring, I attended an eight-week therapy group for chronically ill folks. In it, we developed a language around talking
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February 25, 2020
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
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September 5, 2019
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
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June 12, 2019
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
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November 29, 2018
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
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May 15, 2018
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
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May 6, 2018
