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When disability communities promote harmful cure narratives

My chronic illness support group keeps pushing alternative medicine and saying I don't have enough faith to heal, and I'm starting to think I need to find new people.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're seeking belonging while resisting pressure to reject your identity in pursuit of normativity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Disability as identity?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.