Personal Essays | Caregiver First, Elizabeth Second
2009, early high school. If you had asked 15-year-old Elizabeth to describe herself with three terms, “caregiver” would have been first. Before student, before sister, [...]
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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 time, I was unable to work or go to school. [...]
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 spoonie skills for those of us who live with [...]
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 when discussing figures like Helen Keller, not [...]
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.” [...]
