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“What does it feel like to live in a Body that knows its limits?” At age 24, just five days after moving to New York City, I answered. Though I wouldn’t have responded honestly then, had I not suddenly become a Stroke Survivor. Burnout was no longer a rhetorical and far-fetched concept, as Disability became…

The first time I heard the word “hunchback” was the day a boy teased me in front of my class. I remember that moment so clearly, as if it happened yesterday. He pointed at me and laughed, saying my back was not straight and that I walked funny. His words pierced deeper than I could…

It has been 30 years, and I can still remember almost every “I’m sorry” when I share with someone that I am deaf-blind/visually impaired. I remember those moments when people would say to me “I would rather be deaf than blind” as if disabilities are some cool pair of pants that either you like or…