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Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture

Rebecca Upton

Disability & cultural analysis from Rebecca, a chronically ill Disability Studies student

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    She/her. Writer with a degree in Disability Studies. Chronically ill, bipolar, autistic. Writing about disability here. Still masking. Free Palestine, Sudan, and Congo.

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