Blog Articles About chroni9c illness

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It’s Time That Chronic Illness and Disability Become Election Issues

In my new essay for CreakyJoints Canada, I talk about why and how to make issues like mask mandates, pharmacare programs, and affordable accessible housing front and center during this year’s Ontario and Québec polls: “All over Canada, mask mandates, capacity limits, and all other protective measures have been lifted as the country collectively hit…

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What Accepting Your RA Really Means

It took me a long time to know that acceptance isn’t something you arrive at and stay there forever more. It’s something you work on, all the time. In my new column for HealthCentral, I talk about how I do that: “Let’s say you found an old lamp at a flea market and it had…

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