KNEE BRACE PRESS

A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.

Essays

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    All In My Head

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    Journalist and author Emily Dwass shares an excerpt from her book, Diagnosis Female: How Medical Bias Endangers Women’s Health.

  • Lessons in Belonging

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    “The average able-bodied stranger, though, only notices the ways my body is different from theirs.” In her essay, Lessons in Belonging, Julie Weissman-Steinbaugh details her experience growing up with cerebral palsy.

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    Food: A Relationship

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    In her essay, Knee Brace Press EIC Nicole Zelniker chronicles her relationship with food through the lens of OCD, anorexia, and Crohn’s disease. The essay is an ode to recovery as well as community in the form of “badass, body positive friends.”