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When healthcare systems ignore the barriers they create for disabled patients

My anxiety disorder makes phone calls really difficult and my doctor's office refuses to communicate by email, so I keep putting off appointments I desperately need.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The very institutions meant to help you are structured in ways that make accessing care traumatic or impossible.

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