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The Disabled Label

By Chally on 1 November, 2009

I’d been diagnosed with my first chronic illness for a good ten years before I took the label on. This was partly because I didn’t make a connection between chronic illnesses and disability. That’s an experience I share with a lot of “invisibly” disabled people. Disability is all deafness and wheelchairs and that sort of [...]

Posted in identity | Tagged but this is about me, chronic illness, identity, invisible disabilities, labelling | 22 Responses

Recommended Reading for October 28

By Anna on 28 October, 2009

Recommended Reading for October 28, 2009

Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessibility, closed captioning, Deaf, female sexual disfunction, FSD, label, labelling, media and pop culture, pop culture, self-identification, tools | 3 Responses

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