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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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Celebrating the Disability Community’s 2017 Wins

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“They Lost My Legs”: Disabled People Speak Out About Airline Troubles

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VIDEO: EPIC-Wyoming: Don’t Wait On The Medicaid Waiver

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Why Finding Cures for Genetic Disabilities Shouldn’t Be Our Main Goal

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CVS’s New Opioid Policy Does Nothing to Solve Addiction While Negatively Impacting Pain Patients

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How My Cancer Diagnosis Has Led Me to Redefine Disability

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Finding Suitable Employment with a Disability

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Navigating Mobility Aid Misconceptions

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How Can Universities Better Support Disabled Students to Graduate?

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I Had a Kidney Transplant, and the AHCA Would Cause Me Significant Financial Troubles

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Dealing with Medical Ableism

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Why We Cannot Allow the AHCA to Pull Our Lives Out From Under Us

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The AHCA Would Put the Lives of Millions Like Me At Stake

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#IAmAPreExisitingCondition and I Am Afraid I Will Die Under AHCA

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Listen Up, Doctors: When Patients Talk, Pay Attention

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