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A women in a pink blazer uses her wheelchair and talks with a woman next to her
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‘Get Well Soon!’ Says Friend to Woman with Lifelong Chronic Illness

by kwschaefSeptember 20, 2022September 20, 2022
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Disabled Woman with the Head of a Chicken and Wings of a Falcon
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This Disabled Woman Used Yoga and Positive Affirmations to Transform Her Crippled Body Riddled with Pain into a Mythical Creature with the Head of a Chicken and Wings of a Falcon (But Still Riddled with Pain)

by KaylaJuly 30, 2022March 23, 2023
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a young black woman holds up a blue card that says "Get a free diagnosis". 9 out of 10 boxes are checked off in red.
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Woman Needs One More Diagnosis to Get 10th Free

by Steven VerdileApril 6, 2022March 23, 2023
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A hand writes on a form with small text fields
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Single-Page Hospital Intake Form Cannot Contain Woman’s Extensive Volumes of Medical History Lore

by Nate WoogenMarch 18, 2022
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a woman stretches and yawns in bed
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‘John Lennon Did It First’: Bedbound Student Realizes that People Find Lying Around All Day Inspiring if You Say It’s for a Vague Cause

by katherinechupikJanuary 5, 2022March 23, 2023
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A white woman who looks around 30 wears a grey long sleeve shirt and rests her head on her crossed arms
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Chronically Ill Woman Struggles to Meet Friend’s Insatiable Thirst for Communication

by Steven VerdileSeptember 24, 2021
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a tired woman sits on the floor holding a swifter
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Woman Down to Final Spoon Deciding Between Clipping Her Nails or Eating Dinner

by Steven VerdileSeptember 22, 2021March 23, 2023
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  • Disappointed Nation Beginning to Think RFK Hasn’t Actually Found the Cause of Autism
    November 15, 2025
  • Opinion: Xanax Should Be Free Under Fascism
    October 22, 2025
  • Who Said It: A Disability Charity or a Eugenicist?
    October 21, 2025

CULTURE

  • Sleeping Beauty Actually ME/CFS Girly Waiting for Doctor, Not Unlicensed Prince
    November 30, 2025
  • Marvel Director Reveals Invisible Disabled Superhero Was in Movie the Whole Time
    August 27, 2025
  • Disabled Baseball Fan Enjoys Accessibility of Empty Stadium for Shitty Team
    August 25, 2025

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  • Speech Pathologist Delivers Utterly Unpronounceable Diagnosis 
    December 18, 2025
  • Social Security Administration Introduces a Form to Request an Accessible Version of the Form to Request Accessible Forms
    December 17, 2025
  • Disabled Woman Not Sure if Guy Is Staring Because of Wheelchair or Because She’s Hot
    December 15, 2025

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