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Can we talk about ableist dog whistles for a sec?Are there any terms or phrases that you hear and immediately think "oh this person is ableist/does not think chronic illness
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Here's a strange, small & inconvenient problem that I have right now:I don't have a good bio-friendly word for the Work That I Do(?) right now.Hi, I'm Brianne and I'm
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"If you had that condition you wouldn't be able to do [x]" is one of the most pernicious & dismissive phrases in chronic illnessdom. Do you know how often I
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If you're chronically ill and that limits the activities you can do, which is a bigger problem for you:- many activities are or have become impossible for my body to
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Hey if you're chronically ill and feeling particularly powerless because your body does not have the stamina for direct action against injustice, how are you? Like I get it, there
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I had a long conversation with a WW friend yesterday about Amy Cooper and the ways that we as WW are taught to be complicit in upholding white supremacy. None
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Are there any symptom-management techniques* that you wish you'd known about much earlier because they're really helpful for you and there are few barriers to trying them?*for any type of
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Tell me something about your body that does not phase you at all but that healthy people always balk at. I think for me it's the way I melt sometimes.That's
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I don't want to be a downer because I absolutely do want more & better medical research & care, but cure-related messaging really doesn't resonate with me for a whole
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It's been a while since I've talked about this unsolicited advice thing, and now seems like as good a time as any.So read on for a quick overview of when
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How do you manage boundaries with Wellness Zealots who you don't want to totally cut out of your life? (asking because I do not know how to talk about anything
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Has anybody ever told you "that can't be right" when you told them about your difficulties navigating healthcare/benefits/etc? it's so pervasive. Like:me in 2017: most days I can't stop shaking
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