IBS Archives - Christina Irene

The Dark Side of Adventure

23 Mar

How I Lost My Ability to “Pass” and What Happens When People Make Assumptions Five years ago, when I published my first article on The Mighty (featuring my Splat system for communicating about chronic physical and mental health conditions), a...
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Give it a name.

11 Jan

A few days ago, I named my L4-L5 disc “Larry.” I can’t believe it’s taken this long for me to give it a name, but we’re here now, so let’s not dwell on past mistakes. What I’m talking about is...
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Talking Sh*t (why we should!)

21 Jan

Did you know I hold an elected government office? I’m a Council member in my tiny old suburb near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Earlier this month, we were discussing parking spaces in town for people with disabilities. I won’t go into that...
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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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What is “Illness Shaming”? … and How to Knock It Off

6 Sep

I want to talk about stigma. When I do my presentations, I actually come out and outright reject the word stigma, because the actual definition is something like, “a mark of disgrace.” Yeah, that this someone has an actual mark...
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