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Tag Archives: disabled/differently abled
Things I love…
see more Lolcats and funny pictures My new cane. OK. I don’t love this exact cane. Not specifically. It is the concept of this cane that I love. This is an idea that I have been struggling with for some … Continue reading
Well, I guess the gloves are off…
see more Lolcats and funny pictures And, well, I really didn’t feel like spending the spoons on this. I only get so many, and I didn’t think you were worth it when I have a family and appointments and my … Continue reading
More Open Letter Links
Or, in other words, these feminists speak for me. Letters and link round-ups are popping up (I almost had an unfortunate typo there) all over Bloglandia since this one that I mentioned the other day. I would like to direct … Continue reading
Same story…different day…
and different patient. This could be a page out of my memoir: This letter was written after a nasty incident with another doctor in my clinic. She gave me all of twenty seconds to explain why I was there before … Continue reading
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Tagged AB/TAB, disabled/differently abled, equal rights, h/t, oy w/the poodles already, speak up!
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Where I jump in and defend pills…
When discussions arise of disability, especially, it seems, of invisible disabilities, someone will almost always jump in and start harping about Big Pharma and how they have certainly invented our illness or disorder just to sell us or get us … Continue reading
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Tagged AB/TAB, disabled/differently abled, fibromyalgia, oy w/the poodles already, shaming
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Obligatory NIIAW Post*…
Shamelessly stolen from Annaham… I agree, also, w/ her sentiment…Awareness isn’t enough. Take that w/ as much salt as you need to digest.
The Invisible Disability
Because of the new movie that is out I am currently re-reading Jodi Piccoult’s My Sister’s Keeper. I read it about five years ago, but I read that the screenwriter for the movie changed the ending (why do we do … Continue reading
The Pain of House
I am a pop-culture junkie. If you have been playing along at home long enough this is common knowledge. I have been a big fan of House, M.D. since it’s poorly lit pilot. I am simultaneously appalled and amused by … Continue reading
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Tagged disabled/differently abled, health care, pain, pop culture
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The Military Service as Privilege
Hear me out. Not so long ago I would have argued that joining the military is in no way a privilege. Not when they prey on the underprivileged to entice them into service, and not when most of our wars … Continue reading
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Tagged disabled/differently abled, Health Care Reform, military, privilege
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5 docs, 3 years, 2 psychs, 1 day in the life of…
Moderatrix’ note: I wrote this on 16 November, 2008. For some reason I thought I had written it here and I did not. I am sharing it now, because I want to show how disability and medical care intersect with … Continue reading
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