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How fluctuating disabilities invite public scrutiny

I use mobility aids some days but not others and a stranger at the grocery store accused me of faking it and I can't stop thinking about what I should have said.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're confronting society's narrow definitions of 'real' disability that don't account for your lived experience.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Disability as identity?”

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