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I can’t count on anybody to understand. (Blogging Against Disablism Day 2010)

By amandaw on 1 May, 2010

(Cross-posted at three rivers fog. See more BADD 2010 at Goldfish’s blog.) I’m pretty open about my health issues. To be honest, I don’t know any other way to be. I know how to strategically hide my disabilities from strangers in passing interactions, but from the people with whom I interact on a daily basis? [...]

Posted in accessibility, invisibility, small stories, social attitudes, work | Tagged ableism, accessibility, assholes, badd, badd 2010, chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, disclosure, head asplode, health, migraines, myths and misconceptions, pain, pain management, pain triggers, passing, personal, problematic attitudes, social treatment, stories, things people say, welcome to my life, work | 12 Responses

A Saturday sketch

By amandaw on 21 February, 2010

(Cross-posted at three rivers fog.) I noticed something was wrong in the earliest hours of the morning, when my husband had disappeared from bed but I did not hear anything going on in the bathroom and could not see him anywhere. Around 8, he got up to go to the bathroom and I lifted myself [...]

Posted in relationships, small stories | Tagged chronic illness, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, home, interlude, pain, pain management, personal, relationships, stories, treatment, welcome to my life | 3 Responses

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