Disability - xoJane

I Have a Health Problem You Can't See, and I Feel Like I Have to Tackle It Alone

Amy Beecher — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:00 -0400

When you’re young and you have issues with your mobility that aren’t obviously signposted by something visible like crutches or a cast, it brings you up against some fairly unpleasant attitudes.

It Happened To Me: I Take Opiates For Chronic Pain

Anna Hamilton — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:00:00 -0400

Sometimes I wonder how I could have been so oblivious to the fact that proper treatment for pain is, well, not a bad thing.

How Not To Be A Dick To A Deaf Person

Kelly Dougher — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:00 -0400

Don't whisper. Also don't shout. And if you... speak... like... this... I will punch you.

Why I Always Disclose My Disability In a Job Interview

Tara M — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

The ADA prevents anyone from directly questioning me about it. But I always choose to. Let me tell you why.

YEAH NO: Rich Manhattan Moms Allegedly "Renting" Disabled People To Skip Lines At Disney World

Lesley — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400

HAVE YOU BEEN OUTRAGED BY THIS YET? Unfortunately, you're probably angry for all the wrong reasons.

Why I No Longer Mention My Disability In Job Interviews

Kelly Dougher — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400

My severe hearing loss has certainly not helped my career.

Wearing Yellow for Wishbone Day Doesn't Help OI Patients Or The Families Who Are Often Accused of Abusing Them

Lisa Egan — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400

I struggle to grasp how much awareness could actually be raised by changing my Twitter userpic to the Wishbone Day logo for 24 hours.

It's Blogging Against Disablism Day, and I'm Talking Disability Hate Crimes

s.e. smith — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400

Today is Blogging Against Disablism Day, an event organized to explore ableism/disablism and their larger social impacts worldwide. Disability hate crimes are just one of the many issues faced by the disability community.

I Can't Support Assisted Suicide Until the Right to Live is Equally Valued

s.e. smith — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:30:00 -0400

There are a few topics that, as a general rule, I just refuse to discuss on the Internet. Assisted suicide/right-to-die is usually one of them.

I Don't Want To Die Yet But I Need To Know I Have The Option

Fem Korsten — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:30:00 -0500

There are days that the pain is so bad that I pray for sleep and I pray that I never have to wake up again.

How Not To Be A Dick To Your Disabled Friend

Tara M — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:00:00 -0500

There’s no need for you to speak more loudly and slowly, enunciate more, or mime things when you’re speaking to me

Dove Made A Shampoo Commercial Featuring A Blind Woman And I Reluctantly Like It

s.e. smith — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500

In other words, yes, Shirley, blind people really ARE just like you.

On Dating When You Have A Disability

Fem Korsten — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500

I don't have the guts to approach a guy when there are able-bodied women around, let alone actually flirt with him.

Commentary On The Commentary: Sex Work And The Disabled Client

Jessie Nicole — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:30:00 -0500

Some people pay for erotic services. Some people with disabilities pay for erotic services.

An Open Letter to "Anonymous" -- You Can't Break Me

Melissa Blake — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:00:00 -0500

A couple of years after I started blogging, you’d pop up every so often -- always under the ever-so-clever Anonymous moniker, of course -- with a comment about how I looked or a dig at my disability.

It Happened To Me: I May Be Disabled, But People Don't Think I'm Blind Enough

Elsa S. Henry — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:00:00 -0500

They seem to think they're joking around when they ask me how many fingers, or if I can smell them from across the room, but to me it feels similar to the bullying I experienced on the playground as a child.

I'm a 31-Year-Old Virgin Who's Never Been Kissed, and My Disability Isn't Holding Me Back, It's My Fear

Melissa Blake — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:00:00 -0500

I have finally heard from the man of my dreams, but my nervousness -- not my disability -- is holding me back from making my dream of a first kiss come true.

I'm Not A "Person With a Disability": I'm a Disabled Person

Lisa Egan — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:00:00 -0500

I was about 17 when I learned about the social model and it radically changed how I thought about my own body.

Tammy Duckworth, All-Round Badass, Elected to Congress

s.e. smith — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:00:00 -0500

All of the barriers broken by women in politics last night are significant, but Duckworth’s is especially notable because of what she represents on so many fronts.

I Am One of 100 People Living With Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome, and This is What I've Come to Realize True Beauty Is

Melissa Blake — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0400

I was sure my physical disability was my embarrassing beauty mark. No, not beauty mark. Ugly mark.