Enjoy this interview I did with Jamie Dedes on the topics of activism and chronic illness.
Tag: disability accommodation
Why Chronic Illness Makes It So Hard to Leave Home
My chronically ill friends and I joke about the medicine cabinet worth of supplies we take with us on any trip that’s longer than an hour because we never know what we’re going to need. But why is such intensive preparation required for a simple outing? Why does chronic illness make it so hard to leave home, even for a few hours?
What Ableism Feels Like
I became disabled late in life, at which point I had to completely restructure my mental understanding of what to expect of my body. I was also introduced to the world of ableism. Ableism had been happening all around me but it wasn’t until I was disabled that I had any idea what ableism feels like.
New Clothes: Disability Accommodation & Body Acceptance
This article captures a moment in time when I was going to start receiving financial support, which granted me the freedom to focus on ways I could implement disability accommodation into my life, instead of always fighting back.