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Health and healthcare are at the forefront of disability rights issues. In these pieces, you’ll find insights on topics ranging from insurance and the need for systemic change within medical institutions, to the importance of self-care for your physical and mental well-being.

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A photo of a cardboard box filled with shelf-stable goods including peanut butter, dry beans, and vegetable oil. The box is placed on some kind of wood paneling like a picnic table or bench.

The Ins and Outs of Food Pantries

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An illustration of a basket of various produce surrounded by a red glass bottle, a slice of a block of cheese, French bread, a wallet, and either a debit or credit card. Above that is a red line from a traditional chart or graph trending upwards.

The Cost of Comfort: Paying the Price for Dietary Accommodations

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Indoors, day. A white woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a white top and jeans is holding her lower back with her right hand, in excruciating pain, while standing in front of a beige couch tightly holding onto its arm with her left hand.

Doing Harm: How The Remnants of “Hysteria” Impact Chronically Ill People

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Singer-songwriter-musician Lewis Capaldi, a white man in his 20s, wears a black jacket and pants and a white T-shirt as he stands in front of a microphone with an acoustic guitar wrapped around his neck, hanging across his chest. His eyes are closed and his lips are slightly parted as he sings into the mic.

Lewis Capaldi is Taking a Break. Why Can’t I?

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A patient, a blonde white woman wearing a dark top with a white top underneath, holds her head in pain while a fair-skinned doctor, face unseen, holds a clipboard while wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope around their neck.

Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome: An Unnecessarily Arduous Journey to A Rare Diagnosis

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Black and white illustration of a young child with long dark hair in a dress covering up their face as the mouth of a VERY large generic monster with sharp teeth tries to eat them.

Monsters in the Closet: Facing Fears of Inaccessibility

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Illustration of a blue and yellow balancing scale. On the left side is a red heart with white text that reads "health" on it and, on the right side, is a black bag with a gold U.S. dollar sign on it. The illustration has a light blue background.

Debtors’ Prison Waiting Room: Insurance Preauthorization in the Era of Step-Therapy

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A fair-skinned person with brown hair, face partially not visible because it's off-camera, holds their hand up to their ear, as though listening to something.

What My Joints Tell Me

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An older Asian woman with short dark hair waits in an office setting. She holds her head in her left hand, looking despondent. She's wearing a short-sleeved light blue top and dark shorts.

Substandard of Care: Accommodations in Healthcare

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Indoors. A group of people of different ages and races in a waiting room. Some are patients, seated, while the rest are healthcare workers standing around and a receptionist behind a desk.

No, I Can’t Always Give You 24 Hours’ Notice

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A sort of silhouetted, blurry, hands and body of a horror film-like human figure. They're behind matte glass. The photo is black and white.

Very Unfair: The Nightmare of Institutionalization

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Close up of a clear, plastic pill organizer with pills of various colors inside.

Chronically Ignored: How Western Medical Practices Harm Chronically Ill People

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A comfortable-looking black office chair pulled up to a white desk with a black phone, black desktop keyboard, and a pair of glasses on it. A note attached to the chair has black text on white background that reads "out of office."

Navigating The Workforce as a Chronically Ill Person

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Slippery Mango, Tart Tangerine: Compassion for Gastrointestinal Disabilities

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An assortment of medical instruments and personal effects, including pill bottles, needles, and socks, surround an empty white stool on a white background.

What’s In A Pair of Socks?

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