What Ableism Feels Like

CN: institutional, social, and internalized ableism This was not the blog post I had planned to write this week. Earlier this week,...

10 Things I Love About Being Disabled

CN: chronic pain, general discussion of disability and health issues Three years ago, I began a chapter of my life in which I had a...

CN: discussion of weight gain, loss, and body image issues; chronic pain, depression In the months after I injured my sacrum, I gained a...

CN: chronic pain, ableism, images of mild body contortions I sat down at the bus stop. There were still a few minutes before my bus was...

CN: chronic pain, descriptions of injuries It must be strange for you. You arrive at my weekly tango dance. I smile and say hello, I take...

CN: chronic pain, PTSD, doctor neglect, ableism, emetophobia (mention only) When you meet a new doctor, you’re allowed just a few...

CW: mental illness, chronic pain The first pain medication my doctor prescribed me was duloxatine, an anti-depressant that can also...