Every person who's disabled, chronically ill, or just gets sick or injured a lot understands the self-doubt about the severity of their symptoms. After a recent bout of pneumonia, I'd like to reflect on the value of trusting your gut and how it helped me avoid the most severe outcomes.
Tag: illness
These are lessons I have learned from sitting with the snow. Take from them what you will, and please, listen to the snow yourself. See what open secrets it imparts to you.
I had accepted the label of disability long ago. So what was I running from? Acceptance. That was my pursuer. It's one thing to claim disability and fight for my rights and the rights of others; it is another thing entirely to devote myself to building a life that nurtures my bodymind, rather than operating in spite of it.
Crip time gives me a space for that. In crip time, I am not tied to being 22 years old. I am not too young or too old for my impairments. There are no necessary qualifications to accept the validity of my crip-ness.
Ashton Rose 