A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
disability
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In each hand, I grip the exercise band and pull until the band is a taut swath of lime green. My nose twitches at the synthetic smell of rubber, as unnatural as the band’s color.
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Jane Clayton and her dog, Mr. Snuggles, decide to have a great adventure together after they both receive the same diagnosis.
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In this short, speculative story by V.M. Sawh, insurance is even more of a nightmare than it is IRL.
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In Toothpaste, the essayist learns to live with PTSD as a result of illness, surgeries, and medical malpractice.
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Most people assume that if you only know one language, that language was easy to learn. English and I still battle.
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For people like Caitlin Thomson and her family, a societal lack of COVID precautions is even more isolating than the early stages of the pandemic.
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Grace F. Hopkins has been collecting myths and urban legends since she “wasted” her undergraduate degree studying English, Classics, and folklore. Read her poem at the link below.
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“It’s my first time. I sink into cushy recliner. A monitor tracks blood pressure. The therapist adheres a finger sensor, a final electrode as I shut my eyes.”
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In his latest poem, Andrew Hall writes about disability in the context of a relationship.
