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Living with Cancer—Dealing with Anger and the Question “Why Me?”

2021

When being diagnosed with cancer, it is easy to feel anger or self-pity, but I have never allowed myself to dwell on these negatives.

01:36 min

On Disability and Accepting Help

I couldn’t keep “proving everyone wrong” and still do all the things I wanted to do with my life.

Article
Sarah Kovac
2014
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Access Denied: Will Art Ever Learn to Embrace Disability?

This is not about meeting criteria and ticking boxes, it’s about finally creating the generous, plural and radical art world that many of us want and need.

Article
Siobhán Forshaw
2021
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I Have a Serious Physical Disability, but the Biggest Daily Challenges Are with My Mindset

The ongoing dialogue I have with my own perspective and emotions is the biggest job I’ve ever undertaken. Exploring this internal give-and-take forces me to grow in surprising ways.

Article
Carolyn Dalton, Quora
2017
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Coping with Depression and Disability

Often, disabled people have their disability treated, but they don’t have their emotional or spiritual needs addressed.

Article
Charlotte Gerber
2021
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Feeling Safe: How to Be Strong and Positive in a Changing World

This much-needed book outlines clear and effective strategies to help you cope with the tension, anxiety, trauma and violence of modern living.

Book
William Bloom
2025
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When a Physical Disability Keeps You from Getting Mental Health Help

Depression and suicidal ideation are more likely among people with disabilities due to factors like abuse, isolation, and stressors related to poverty, among others.

Article
Heather Morrison
2020
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The Mental Health of People with Disabilities

Adults with disabilities report experiencing frequent mental distress almost 5 times as often as adults without disabilities.

Article
CDC Staff
2020
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I’m an Angry Disabled Woman. Here’s What I Want You to Know About Inaccessibility.

Society prefers I talk about how I overcame my obstacles rather than the injustices I face within a world that is not built around the needs of the disabled community.

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Sylvia Colt-Lacayo
2020
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‘I Had to Learn How to Feel Anger’: Dandy on the Demands Disabled Musicians Face

On her debut album The Cycle, the Shropshire singer-songwriter takes on a ‘broken system’ that underestimates the vibrancy of disabled lives.

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Liam O'Dell
2021
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Mental Disorder Within the Neurodiversity Paradigm

Can neurodiversity proponents keep the notion of mental pathology?

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Robert Chapman
2019
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