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When Medicine Doesn’t Have an Answer
CW: Bullying It can be extremely frustrating knowing something is wrong with your body and not knowing what to call it. For many people, a diagnosis is not the beginning of their journey. It comes later, after symptoms, appointments, and tests have already begun reshaping everyday life. That is why the conversation surrounding Christina Applegate…
When a Life Becomes a Cost
CW: Naizism, Eugenics, & Death Eugenics is easy to recognize when it is historical. It becomes more difficult to recognize when the language changes. Most people think of eugenics as an antiquated belief, something relegated to museums and history books. Looking back, the moral lines can appear impossibly bright. We know the language and we…
What Happens When Care Is Not Safe
CW: Sexual Assault, Abuse & Neglect Needing another person to care for you can leave someone extremely vulnerable. For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, caregivers enter the most ordinary and private parts of life—places most people rarely have to think about letting someone else enter. That tension sits at the center of a lawsuit…
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