By Guest on 24 December, 2010
Eliot Renard is a genderqueer, feminist, socialist Chicagoan who enjoys making math and science accessible and fun for students through various online tutoring programs. Ze also has a health blog, personal blog and tumblr, because compartmentalizing is fun. This is the second post of a short series; part one, “Rocky Beginnings,” can be read here. [...]
Posted in guest post | Tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, chronic pain conditions, depression, family, family dynamics, fibromyalgia, guest post, personal, personal stories, social attitudes
By Guest on 23 December, 2010
Hi, I’m Cydne. I’m a pansexual, biofemale whose gender identity changes from day to day. I have severe mental health problems, and Aspergers too, as well as arthritis and IBS. Joy! I’m a massive Trekkie and a video game nerd, and I usually blog at livebythem.tumblr.com. There was a day last year I remember quite [...]
Posted in guest post | Tagged asperger syndrome, Asperger's, autism, guest post, high-pressure sales techniques, marketing, personal
By Guest on 16 December, 2010
Eliot Renard is a genderqueer, feminist, socialist Chicagoan who enjoys making math and science accessible and fun for students through various online tutoring programs. Ze also has a health blog, personal blog and tumblr, because compartmentalizing is fun. I began experiencing the symptoms of what I now know to be depression, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue [...]
Posted in guest post | Tagged childhood illness, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain conditions, depression, family, family dynamics, fibromyalgia, guest post, mental health, personal, social attitudes
By Guest on 2 December, 2010
Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg is a wife, mother, writer, editor, artist, photographer, and leader of the Vermont Chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). She blogs at Journeys with Autism, and her latest book, The Uncharted Path: My Journey with Late-Diagnosed Autism, was published in July of 2010. I do not suffer from autism. I suffer [...]
Posted in guest post, identity, introspective, othering | Tagged autism, guest post, identity, myths and misconceptions, neuroatypical, neurodiversity, personal, self-identification, self-perception
By Annaham on 11 November, 2010
[Image description: image shows a small silver and blond Yorkshire Terrier with its two front legs up on a railing in an outdoor setting, its red leash off to the right side. It is photographed from a high angle.] I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, and have never quite known how [...]
Posted in happy posts, small stories | Tagged happiness, personal, personal stories, pets
By Annaham on 2 November, 2010
Siddharta Mukherjee for the New York Times Magazine: The Cancer Sleeper Cell In fact, this view of cancer — as tenaciously persistent and able to regenerate after apparently disappearing — has come to occupy the very center of cancer biology. Intriguingly, for some cancers, this regenerative power appears to be driven by a specific cell [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged cancer, Deaf, depictions of disability, dissociative identity disorder, identity, media and pop culture, medical treatment, medicine, personal, schizophrenia
By Annaham on 21 October, 2010
As I’ve mentioned previously, I have fairly mild cerebral palsy that mostly affects the left side of my body, and my left leg and foot in particular. I’ve had sort of a strange relationship with my left side, and the foot attached. Because my left leg is a few inches shorter than my right one, [...]
Posted in bodies, identity, normality | Tagged cerebral palsy, mental health, movement, normality, personal, personal stories
By Annaham on 19 October, 2010
Corina Becker at No Stereotypes Here: Real Communication Shutdown I was recently asked by a person on Twitter to participate, and I responded that there wasn’t much of a point, since I am Autistic, and do not require to learn about difficulties that I myself face in communicating. kaz at Kaz’s Scribblings (DW): trials and [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged asthma, autism, awareness, communication, education, internet, language, learning, marginalisation, medications, mental health, personal, privilege, race, trans, transgender
By Ouyang Dan on 18 October, 2010
I’ve been in hiding. I admit it. I’ve been shoving myself headlong into activities that keep my busy, and exhausted. Still I always feel This strange estrangement Nothing here is real, nothing here is right* “Wow! Aren’t you Supermom?” Well, not really. It just keeps me occupied. Just hoping no one knows That I’ve been* [...]
Posted in introspective | Tagged chronic pain conditions, coping, disability, personal
By Ouyang Dan on 16 October, 2010
I read a post at Crazy Mermaid’s Blog recently that neatly summarized some things that I have been struggling with lately. Friends and loved ones of those with a mental illness have a hard time understanding noncompliance with medication. Why, they reason, if the drug helps control the symptoms of the mental illness, doesn’t the [...]
Posted in intersectionality, introspective, life changes, relationships | Tagged choices, disability, family, intersectionality, mental health, personal, side effects
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