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

multiple sclerosis

  • A white woman with long, dark hair sits outside. She wears a black, long sleeved shirt and a checkered scarf.
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    The author of The Speed of Light, spoke to us about writing a main character with MS, being a journalist, and the line between independence and refusing to accept help.

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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.