Why It Takes Me Three Days to Get to the Doctor
This is a picture of the outfit that I wore to my most recent doctor’s appointment. My thoughts in choosing this were that I wanted to be dressed up so I wouldn’t look “slobbish,” but I didn’t want to look so nice that they’d think I had the time and energy to put lots […]
On Disability-Coding and the Cripple Werewolf
Across the internet, disabled people are reclaiming popular characters as their own. TikTok trends with captions like, “Characters that are autistic because I (an autistic person) say so,” or, “This character is for the chronically ill and disabled,” take characters that are not explicitly disabled and make them explicitly disabled. Some characters and stories lend […]
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The Ultimate Beijing 2022 Paralympic Guide
Where can you find 78 different events throughout 6 sports in 2 disciplines? Starting March 4th, tune in to the thirteenth edition of the Winter Paralympic Games! Being held in Beijing, China, the Games are running from the 4th to 13th of March, 2022. If you were looking for all of your Paralympic information in […]
Disabled in Love
As a disabled teenager, I do not get the luxury of chocolate-covered strawberries or dozens of roses in a fancy little vase. I do not get to be seen as desired or valuable in the larger dating scene. Instead, I am often scaring potential partners off with my posts about disability justice and identifying proudly […]
I’m Allowed to Be Angry
It has taken me months to try and write this piece. It has sat in my to do list since August, “Write cripple anger piece.” Every time I’ve tried to start, though, every time I think I’ve found the words to begin, I’m set back. I’m pushed away from the issue I want to write […]
When Doctors and Disability Do Not Mix
A study led by Harvard professor of medicine, Dr. Iezzoni, published in Health Affairs in 2021 determined that out of 714 practising US physicians, only 41% of doctors felt very confident that they could provide the same quality care to their patients with disabilities as they provide to able-bodied patients. Not only is this statistic […]
Why Digital Accessibility Matters
Image description: A picture of two hands seeming to be typing on a laptop’s keyboard. The laptop has a window opened, of what seems to be a page of a social media post. This post is sponsored by Fable. “Student ID, phone, laptop… I think that’s everything,” I mentally list before I leave for […]
Me, Autism, and the Efforts to Cure Us
I lived for 15 years without having a clue about my autism. It was only after a series of life-threatening mental health crises- and my parents writing down pages upon pages of possible autism symptoms of mine—that anyone was willing to screen me for it. Even after all signs pointed towards autism, I still had […]
James Ian Creates the First-Ever Song for the Disability Community
Image description: A man’s silhouette is seen on a stage, with only his figure seen due to a bright white light shining on him. The man seems to be holding a guitar, and beside him are words that say, ‘James Ian’, ‘Spaces’. “I just started thinking about the spaces people with disabilities take up even […]