Category: Disability & Chronic Illness
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Less ‘side hustle’, more…
Now that I’m running my own business alongside my other job, it was only a matter of time before I was asked if it was my ‘side hustle’. And I wasn’t surprised that I rejected the term and went looking for an alternative. It isn’t an aversion to the concept in totality; it just doesn’t…
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Side Quest
I have spent my life learning a very annoying truth: there is so much in life we have no control over. I’m not saying this to absolve myself of responsibility, because the one place where we have the most ability to exercise control is over our own actions. I’m pondering this because I recently made…
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Am I Disabled?
This is a question I have struggled with for years. By definition, yes. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) defines persons with disabilities as: “…those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society…
