Illusion of Competence

(WARNING: This post talks about internalized ableism and suicidal thoughts) When people hate themselves for having difficulties that I also ...

Earlier today I was listening to a Radiolab podcast about War of the Worlds. Aside from the fact that I am a gigantic nerd, this was interes...

Julia’s facebook status: April is Autism Awareness Month. I am a person, not a puzzle. It’s not rocket science. Me: Oh, that explains why I ...

So I think I've mentioned before that I deal with a lot of guilt due to the amount of late work I turn in in my classes, or the fact tha...

[Image description: an inaccurately-drawn map of a room in my college dining hall, with two lines indicating different paths to a table. One...

Here’s a moment from Glee that stuck with me for a long time. Some of the main characters are talking in the choir room, and they look over...

[I wrote a slightly less polished version of this in German for class last week] I’m talking with a friend, and it’s going well. She wants t...

At dinner last week, I was talking to one of my friends about the drama department. Across the table, another friend – I’ll call her Melanie...

I am starting a blog. It's going to be a blog about disability. Mostly, it will be about my experiences as a disabled person, but I also...