KNEE BRACE PRESS

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

medical trauma

  • A man with brown skin, glasses, dark black hair, and a goatee. He stands against the railing in front of a brick building.

    We’ve Got You Covered 

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    In this short, speculative story by V.M. Sawh, insurance is even more of a nightmare than it is IRL.

  • A white woman with short, brown hair gazes at the camera. She wears bright red lipstick, dangly silver earrings, and a black turtleneck sweater. The background is a white wall with yellow and pink tulips painted on it.

    Toothpaste

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    In Toothpaste, the essayist learns to live with PTSD as a result of illness, surgeries, and medical malpractice.

  • Constant Reminder

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    In his prose poem, survivor Phil Scearce writes about what it’s like to live after recovering from cancer.

  • A white woman with a brown bob smiles at the camera. She wears black, square-rimmed glasses and a gold necklace.
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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.

  • Notes From A 10 a.m. Appointment

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    In which our protagonist enters the Zoom room for a psych evaluation, eager and nervous to uncover the next phase of her healing journey. Poet and author Clara Olivo details what happens when nothing goes as planned.

  • Try to Understand

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    So often, neurodivergent folks have to mask who they are in order to fit in. In her poem Try to Understand, poet and author Clara Olivo touches on how she hid her inner self in order to appear neurotypical, to the point she began to believe it was necessary.