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Anita CheungSeptember 14, 2021
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Trust Me, I'm Sick is a Webby Honoree!

Anita CheungApril 26, 2021
Happy Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month! #edsawarenessmonth #ehlersdanlossyndrome #bendy #hsd #hypermobilityspectrumdisorder
We see you. We know. You are worthy. You are not alone. Image description: two women in a supportive embrace, with smiles, and the text “#findyourvoice through others who need to know they are not alone” #findyourvoice #nationalinfertil
from @disabledfeminism In the 90s Mattel introduced a doll named “Share-a-Smile Becky,” a friend of Barbie's who used a wheelchair. Becky was an instant hit - as many as 6,000 dolls were sold in the first two weeks. But a problem soon b
Beautiful post from @Chronicloveclub: "We asked our community what they would want the word to know about chronic illness, and this is what some of them had to say. 💛 What do you relate to? And what would you add?"
Last week, after recovering from a grueling two weeks with COVID, I found myself in the hospital. I braced myself for gaslighting, isolation, constant medical trauma triggers... and was met with the most support I have ever experienced. Not only was
From @charliejlfitz Content warning: ableism I recently edited this collaborative assisted self-portrait from 2019 with assistance from @oscarvinter . It was published in issue 24 of @arts_of_the_working_class alongside a small piece I wrote about

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