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“I’ll never be a mum,” I cried as the tears rolled down my cheeks. This was the first thing I said to my neuropsychologist, and that would be the theme for the next hour. I can’t believe it’s now been seven years since I was diagnosed with ataxia. Seven years since my whole world turned…

“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…