KNEE BRACE PRESS

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

cerebral palsy

  • A white man with dark hair wearing a black jacket over a red button up. He is standing in front of a leafy green backdrop.

    Who’s helping whom here?

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    In his essay, Harry Smith discusses his disabilities, the pressure he feels to live up to societal expectations, and the affect popular portrayals of disability have in the real world.

  • 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.

  • To Thrive in Darkness

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    “We were friendly with the dark.” So begins Jamieson Wolf’s To Thrive in Darkness, a short story where the characters live in a fictional labyrinth, but the narrator’s experiences with disability are strikingly similar to Wolf’s own experiences with multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.