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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.
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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.
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April McCloud, author of The Switch, spoke with us about technological body modifications, both as science fiction and as science fact, and her own experience receiving and living with a medical implant.
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In this essay for Knee Brace Press, C. Taylor discusses the dueling sensations of taking and missing her pills.
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“I’ll spend my whole life/Disentangling from you/That’s all fine/I can handle it.”
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Eli Underwood is a writer, organizer, and archivist living with CPTSD, ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and Long Covid. Read their poem, Invalid Invalid.
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Essayist Susan Blank writes about life as a wheelchair user, getting older, and what it all means in the context of womanhood.
