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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
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
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
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
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


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
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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