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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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Why Aren’t More People Talking About Their Experiences with Vaginismus?

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Finding Sexual Health Care Shouldn’t Be So Difficult for Disabled People

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Lack of Insurance Coverage for Medical Marijuana Can Leave Some Users Behind

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My Family’s Normalization of Pain Made Me Believe I Wasn’t Strong

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Disabled People Deserve Better Access to Care for Eating Disorder Recovery

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Showing Up in Public in a Disabled Trans Body

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My Knowledge of My Body is Often Ignored When I Seek Medical Care

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Social Justice Activists Can’t Always Fight for Everything, and That’s Okay

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Slowing Down and Embracing Surgical Recovery is Still Living

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Here’s Why Student Loan Debt is a Disability Rights Issue

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Sex Work is a Disability Issue. So Why Doesn’t the Disability Community Recognize That?

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How Proposed Changes to Public Charge Will Make It Hard to Immigrate with a Disability

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Why We All Need to Fight for the Rights of Transgender Disabled People

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For Disabled People, the Path to Employment is Still a Maze

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Get Your Flu Shot. You Could Save the Life of a Disabled Person.

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