You are not owed representation
“…You get from me what I am willing to give. The same applies for everyone. We get from them what they have the capacity to give. …”
Talking about “it”
“… We suffer in isolation that is cause by silence. Pain that is exacerbated by this isolation that is caused by a prison of forced silence. “
Poster Child - Disability edition
It is a slanted scale. Based on which we make a disability (invisible and visible) poster child.
Doctor, Doctor
“… We forget that doctors are as human as the rest of us. They are not immune to internalised prejudices, or anger or fear. They are not inviolable fortresses that hold kindness and generosity in equal measure for all. They are human, as such come with flaws. …”
Do “YOU” Know
“I had people around me suffer or die or suffer the same disease, thus I am more qualified to tell you about your disease, about your body than you are of living it and in it.”
Something is Wrong with Me
The very first time I knew that something was wrong with me. The very first time I told that out loud.
Scarless Scars
“… You know the thing that is the hardest to explain, it is how utterly hopeless, helpless and defeated I felt. …
… The most frustrating of all is how none of it showed: the pain: the exhaustion, the struggle, how none, absolutely none of it, showed. …”
- Snippets from Personal Diary (2021)
Safe Space
“When non-able bodied people do find a space to speak, it is often never safe enough.”
Trigering World
Triggering world is about how seemingly small things -things that are considered normal, a part of daily life- can potentially be deeply triggering for non-able bodied people.