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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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Suicide is a control thing
Depression is easy. You just cease to be a functional human being. But choosing to live each day over and over again —that's the tough part.
3 lessons I've learned living with major depression
Back once again to share my thoughts on living with depression. It's been a rough six weeks!
Disabled and unemployed. What's next?
I got laid off 2 months ago today. Here's where I'm at now!
Self-management techniques for chronic workers
As a disabled and chronically ill worker, I have no work-life balance. I use these strategies instead.
3 reasons you should be hiring disabled workers
Why should you hire disabled workers? I've got three good reasons for you.
3 things I'll bet you didn't know about self-harm (TW/CW: self-harm)
Self-harm is a complex condition and there are a lot of misconceptions floating around about it. Let's talk about a few of them.
Chronically Self-Employed
Special health update: A month of surprises
I'm back! The last few months have been surprising to say the least, from potential new diagnoses to a layoff.
Chronically Self-Employed
Month 4 Health Update: Trying to find stability
Chronically Self-Employed
Month 2 and 3 Health Update: Lessons and setbacks
Chronically Self-Employed
Month 1 Health Update: Living on the suicidal spectrum (TW/CW)
Chronically Self-Employed
I'll be honest, I'm not okay. But I am working on it. (TW/CW: suicide)
I'm current in crisis due to depression and want to keep you all updated. Fair warning though, this gets a bit dark.
Bodies & Health
What's next for me? The Chronic Worker and other 2024 goals.
Work & Money
I've been a full-timer for 3 months now. Here's how it's going.
It's time to look back on the first quarter of my first full-time job.
Bodies & Health
Disabled needs are human needs. Why is that so hard to remember?
I've never been so scared as I was when I became a salaried worker. I'd spent over ten years (my entire professional life) freelancing, first off and on, then full-time. I'd never had PTO, employer-provided insurance, or a boss outside of my
Chronically Self-Employed
I need life to just calm the eff down already
Chronically Self-Employed
Managing energy in chaos when you're chronically ill
It's been, well, another month. Since early September, I have: * Moved from a friend's house to a long-stay hotel * Started a new (and my first) full-time job * Attended a health advocate conference in New Jersey and a girls' trip in Rhode Island * Got
Work & Money
Surviving my first (ever) week of full-time work
Dear readers, I've had a long week, so please forgive this shorter update. I might be a bit less wordy for the next month or so as I focused on this professional transition. I've never had a full-time job before. In college, I was a
Work & Money
Who knew working on internalized ableism was a full-time job?
It took applying for a full-time job to realize how much ableism I've internalized over the years. For one, we freelancers are a proud fucking group. We like our freedom, we don't like having to work to someone else's schedule (ironic, I know)