disabilities Archives - Page 8 of 12

Regarding Lady Gaga’s Words on Mental Health and Fibromyalgia

10 Jan

I nearly threw my phone across the room, what she said irked me so much. (But I’m not really a thrower and the thing is expensive … and essential!) It was a roller coaster of opinion that began with me...
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When Protecting is Passive Shaming

3 Jan

I recently decided to try Reddit. (Find me at https://www.reddit.com/user/ChristinaIrene/) and one of the subreddits I follow is r/disability. A concerned and sensitive person asked the disability community about the straw ban and if a certain perspective is ableist. The...
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I Was Surprised When this Common Question Triggered Me (how I discovered I’m a “Scrooge”)

20 Dec

Wow, the holidays are tough. We all know this. It’s a wonder we all voluntarily do it year after year. The parties. The decorations. The fudge. One of the things we accept about this time of year is that we’re...
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What We Want You to Know about Our Hidden Disabilities

12 Dec

I’ve interviewed and chatted with a lot of people with different hidden disabilities over the years, and when I ask them what they want everyone to know about their conditions, their answers rarely had to do with the conditions themselves....
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“Who helps you?”

6 Dec

Recently, I was chatting with a person who helps a close relative with a chronic illness, and upon finding out I live alone with my mutt, she asked me, “Who helps you?” The question really struck me because it was...
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16 Reasons Why People with Fibromyalgia Actually Make Great Friends (or More!)

27 Nov

We fall into the negative and groundless trap of saying we make terrible friends, because of our illnesses. We say we’re not date-able. We post this nonsense on social media and we say it out loud. So of course it...
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A Pants Love Story

27 Nov

I aim to do more doodling, since art was as much a passion as writing, when I was a child. This is inspired by actual...
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10 Things People with Hidden Disabilities Do that Are Bad for People with Hidden Disabilities

22 Nov

Sometimes, we are our own worst enemy. Maybe not to ourselves as individuals, but to the collective “us” that is all people with chronic illnesses, chronic pain, cognitive impairments, and/or mental health conditions. There are things we do that make...
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Classism and Disability

15 Nov

From the Oxford English Dictionary: in·ter·sec·tion·al·i·ty /ˌin(t)ərsekSHəˈnalədē/ noun noun: intersectionality; plural noun: intersectionalities the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent...
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Art with Disability

8 Nov

My touring has mostly wound down for the season and I’ve been awarding myself a lot more time to do one of my favorite things: writing. I’m working on Splatvocate (the next Splat book, this time for advocates), but I’m...
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