lupus Archives

Learning How To Support Black People From My Disability

As a person with lupus, I realized I needed to support BIPOC the same way I want the world to support me.

Rejected Because I Can’t Have Kids

After lupus, my fertility became the elephant in the room on every date. But ultimately, I learned there's no right or wrong time to share details of your health.

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Ask Ada: I Have The BRCA Mutation. Should I Have Kids?

Ask Ada

Plus: I have lupus, and I think going back to teach might just kill me.

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Why I Gave Up Looking For A Diagnosis To My Mystery Illness

Mandi Em

In my twenties, I fell down a rabbit hole trying to find a diagnosis. For my sanity's sake, I eventually realized I had to give up.

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Lupus Prepared Me To Survive COVID, But Society Wants To Sacrifice Me Anyway

Meghan Beaudry

In a crisis, America follows a familiar line of logic: it's okay if the chronically ill die, as long as 'real' people aren't inconvenienced.

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Why Chronically Ill And Disabled People Are Furious About Coronavirus

Rachel Charlton-Dailey

As a person with an autoimmune disorder, you know what makes me angriest about COVID-19? The fact that the same accommodations society is making to contain the pandemic are the ones it refused to make for me all along.

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