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The Biggest Daily Challenges for People with Disabilities: It’s not the disability, it’s society
By Cassandra Brandt When I handed in my work boots for a wheelchair I knew I was going to be as broke financially as I’d been rendered...
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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Hindsight: A Post-Paralysis Examination of Able-Bodied Privilege
By Cassandra Brandt Before I became disabled there was very little in life that I didn’t take for granted. Of course you don’t see your...
Feb 22, 20243 min read
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This is not normal...
By Anna Those words changed my life. My first college exam left me in tears. I knew the information, but the sounds around me crescendoed...
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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How to Help
by Anna We are animals—we can’t help it. We can’t escape the instinctual desire to be a part of a tribe; to belong and to be accepted....
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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Blog: Why Diagnosis and label(s) were a lifesaver for me
By Adult Diagnosis Stories I am on Instagram frequently. I found a community there. Our common denominator is we are either diagnosed...
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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Blog: Flourishing Amidst Adversity
by Courtney Arellano I am a highly sensitive person, a mother to three children (ages 6, 4, and 1), and married to my soulmate. I also...
Mar 1, 20233 min read
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Blog: Acceptance
By Adult Diagnosis Stories As a child I was drawn to cartoons about mutants and superheroes. I wished that the real world was filled with...
Feb 7, 20233 min read
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