
Essays about chronic illness, ambition and building a life that’s bigger than your diagnosis.
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I have spent most of my life with the absolute certainty that I am meant to do something big. I have no idea what this big thing is, which is… inconvenient. There was no prophecy at my birth, nobody held me aloft like Simba and announced th...
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I am absolutely terrible at rejection. Not in a cute, oh I hate being told no kind of way. I mean it can properly fuck me up. Embarrassing, I know.
I’m 42 years old. I have three adult children, a career, a mortgage and enough actual probl...
I have never, ever understood women who say their children are their whole world. I find it utterly boring, in fact.
There you go. I’ve said it.
I have three of them and I bloody adore them, would walk over hot coals for them, have lost...
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One of my favourite things about Substack is discovering publications I might never otherwise have found. Some ma...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Writing through chronic illness without making it the whole story. Expect ambitious plans, cancelled plans, great food, beautiful places and the occasional existential crisis.
Wife & mom of one adult son, disabled with SPMS. AuDHD/hEDS/APD/INFP/Bloomscroller Extraordinaire. This explores my housebound life, my joys, and my struggles. New articles every other Saturday morning.
A space for those surviving parenthood with chronic illness & neurodivergence. No inspiration porn - just meeting your body and mind exactly where they are, feral and refusing to give up. \ud83e\udd44
Where disabled experiences meet real-world accessibility. Join writer and accessibility specialist Amelia Hall for raw essays on identity, parenting, and navigating a world not built for us.
Dancing around the pitfalls of caring for a disabled adult while being one myself. Artwork by the very talented Souris Wise.
I write about disability, power, and the wisdom of lived experience. My work challenges dominant narratives about disability and explores what those narratives reveal about agency, embodiment, and what it means to be human.
CEO and Founder of Disability Community for Democracy, Inc. Publisher of Nothing About Us Without Us. Diversability’s 7th annual D-30 Disability Impact List honoree.
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