Disability Culture & Identity
My Body Needs Help. My Life Is Still Mine.
Massimo Lorusso reflects on life with tetraplegia, personal assistance and the difference between needing help and giving up the right to choose.
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Relationships, Sex & Family
A Letter I Never Sent
Phoenix Piazzisi writes to her loved ones about the daily fear of mania, the cost of stigma and learning to forgive herself while living...
Invisible Disability
Rhiannon Clarke: “There isn’t one way to look disabled”
The Australian Paralympic sprinter talks to Brendan McDonald about Commonwealth gold, growing up without seeing athletes like herself, and why nobody should have to...
Invisible Disability
What is an ambulatory wheelchair user? Walking and using a wheelchair
Some people can walk and also need a wheelchair. Published personal accounts explain why—and how to respond without questioning someone’s needs.
Relationships, Sex & Family
Can Sex Help With Depression and Anxiety? Pleasure Without Pressure
What sex and mental-health research really shows, and how disability, chronic illness and antidepressants can change intimacy. Pleasure without pressure.
