In our first ever guest post, Ania Bula is here to discuss the idea of comorbidity from a statistical, medical, and social perspective.
Tag: disability
Guest Post on ‘Splain You a Thing: Why It’s Hard to Reveal My Disability to Strangers
To make sure you all continue to have something to read during my writing hiatus, I’m happy to present to you a guest post I wrote for the social justice blog, ‘Splain You A Thing.
Yopp’s 6 Most Shared Articles
To celebrate the first birthday of Yopp, the social justice blog, I collated the 6 articles that received the most shares in Yopp’s first year on the internet.
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.
10 Things I Love About Being Disabled
Disability is often discussed in terms of tragedy and hardship. It’s not very often that you hear someone talk about the things they love about being disabled. But maybe we should.
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.
The Blue Book: The First Time I Learned About Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
When my physical therapist gave me a book about ehlers danlos syndrome, I thought I would be reading about joint instability but this book wasn’t just about my pain problems. The book contained a list of every serious health problem I had ever had in my life, and potentially, a reason why they were connected.
Why Don’t I ever see you Dancing? What is EDS?
The answer to the question “Why don’t I ever see you dancing?” is the same as the answer to the question, “What is EDS?”
Explaining Privilege Part 2: The Cycle of Reinforcement
In the second part of the Explaining Privilege series, I talk about how the socialization of marginalized and privileged groups reinforce the blindspots of privileged groups, which in turn causes a cycle that deprioritizes the needs of marginalized people.
The Future of Book Reading: Stop Sharing this Graphic for Book Lovers
There are a lost of class and ability based problems with this graphic that Robert Brewer created to demonstrate his love of books and concern for the future of book reading.