This blog is a personal record of the life of a chronically ill (chronically awesome), disabled, dyslexic, doctoral student and entrepreneur.
I share the beautiful moments, and the hard ones. It's unfiltered, and extremely uncensored.
Enjoy!
An extremely personal and definitely over-share-y story that requires all the trigger warnings, but I think is still important.
The Curious Case of the Orphan with Many Parents
“We all change, when you think about it. We're all different people all through our lives. And that's OK, that's good. You gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.” - 11th Doctor
Hacking my brain, “have you tried turning it off and back on again?,” and thoughts about mental health services.
TW: while this does not go into detail, it does discuss, in broad terms, sever trauma.
Some really ugly honesty, not for the faint of heart.
Short, not terribly revolutionary entry just telling you that I haven’t stopped writing, I just have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Spoiler alert.
Thanksgiving, Stoicism, and some weird thoughts about disability
In today’s episode of “Farrah Swears At Stuff” we talk about the science behind profanity and tone policing
Shit gets personal and REALLY heavy really quickly as we discuss The Complexities Podcast, episode 2 and one girl’s search for an identity
Life Changes, What Disability “Looks Like,” and Working Through Some Internalized Ableism
Let’s talk about those pesky straws, or more to the point, let’s talk about that pesky systemic ableism that is threatening the lives and wellbeing of our largest minority group, shall we?
Some really raw feels about Complex PTS(D) and a super shameless plug for some friend’s podcast/life work
Some pretty strong opinions stated very bluntly about not hiding in your privilege when the world is burning
The whys and wherefores of subtle, systemic ableism. Spoiler: wanting basic human rights is not being overly sensitive.
By some sort of magic, I managed to summarize my disability and accessibility work into a 3 and a half minute talk, which I presented last night. Read the transcript and be amazed at how fast I can talk!
Life, death, science, and kindness from the perspective of a girl in the middle of an identity crisis
Let me tell you a sad story, with a solid, uplifting call to action at the end.
