Leanna Johnson Lee - The Chronic Worker

Chronically Self-Employed

Yes, AI helped me write this

I tried to get (human) help for my AI-assisted work, only to realize I might be asking for too much. Where exactly do debates about ethical AI use leave disability, money, access, and energy?

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Work & Money

12 Job boards and resources for disabled and chronically ill workers

Disabled and chronically ill people like us are criminally underemployed in the U.S. These job boards and resources can help change that.

Field Recordings

Field Recording #2: What Month One of SIPS Taught Me

An audio companion to the first monthly field report from the Starr Institute of Physiological Shenanigans.

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Chronically Self-Employed

What Month One of SIPS Taught Me

This imaginary 1930s travel research institute has become the home of all my health data collection and analysis to help me better understand my body with chronic illness.

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Field Kits

Field Kit #1 is here! The Chronic Life Observation Kit

A low-burden way to observe your health in context and notice patterns over time.

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Chronically Self-Employed

Apparently I've been busy

I work from bed and use my cane significantly more than I used to, but life is settling down as I adjust to a new reality of physical and mental chronic illness.