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Autistic Science PersonAutistic Science Person is the personal blog of an autistic grad student in neuroscience that was undiagnosed until adulthood. They are known on Twitter as @AspieHuman.
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#ADA30InColorThe Disability Visibility Project compiles #ADA30InColor, a series of essays on the past, present, and future of disability rights and justice by 13 disabled BIPOC writers.
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Have Wheelchair Will TravelThey aren’t the first family with a disabled child to travel — but at times it often feels that way. At Have Wheelchair Will Travel, a Sydney-based family of four writes about their travel and day-to-day experiences.
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On Family Secrets and How We Deliver Bad News“She’d have less to worry about if she knew none of these things. But if she knew none of these things, I reason, she also wouldn’t know me.” At LitHub, Rachel Beanland explores whether or not family secrets are ever justified.
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Cur8ableFounded by disability fashion stylist Stephanie Thomas, Cur8able is a community and blog dedicated to inclusive and adaptive fashion.
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Don’t Tell Me to Write More Love Poems“as if the crunch of a quesadilla / can only burn the mouth of someone / not in love at the Taco Bell / on the beach—” Jiordan Castle publishes a poem at Taco Bell Quarterly, an offbeat literary magazine of essays, fiction, and poetry. The publication is unaffiliated with Taco Bell.
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How NOT to be an academic a**hole during Covid“Just as talking about mental health does not make you weak, making a space for people to talk about quitting the PhD does not make more people leave.” At The Thesis Whisperer, professor Inger Mewburn writes about mental health, quitting the PhD, and toxic positivity in academia.
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Running WaterAn excerpt from a recent poem by Laura A. Lord: “I could twist the tap and pull myself back until I’m only a few little drops / and then you could catch me in your hands like you used to do.”
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Do You Wish You Were More Politically Outspoken? Nick Cave Responds.“My songs sit in that liminal space between decided points of view.” On The Red Hand Files, his website of letters to fans, Nick Cave beautifully explains why his songs don’t have overt political messages.
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Sarah Cooper’s 10,000 Hours“Befitting a 10,000 hour journey that constantly saw experimentation (tweeting, writing, drawing, open mics, stand-ups, acting) the groundwork was laid for Cooper’s next breakthrough via a new platform: Tik Tok.” Trung T. Phan examines the rise of comedian and Trump lip-sync master Sarah Cooper.
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Open AmericasOpen Americas encourages open, respectful debate around social issues facing the Western Hemisphere. “We advocate a diversity of thought through information, whether it be conveyed through research, literature, reviews, or photographs.”
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The MD LifeAt The MD Life, follow the journey of Cynthia Kudji-Sylvester and Jasmine Kudji, a mother and daughter who are “tackling medical school and residency together.”
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Raising Race Conscious ChildrenEducator Sachi Feris created Raising Race Conscious Children to support parents and teachers who are trying to talk about race and diversity with young children, with the aim of actively challenging racism.
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Beneath the black rocksAn essay on death, loss, and coronavirus: “The same unknown that makes me nurse the thought of my mother’s death, makes me think of the loneliness of everyone who died of the virus…. For decades, for the rest of their lives they will be imagining the last moments of the ones who left them.”
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“Crescent City” by Anna Oberg“Living in Katrina’s wake, I cannot make sense of this haunted world. New Orleans is a place that has survived, but isn’t healing. I can identify. Despite having married the next man who loves me, I am still broken from the last one, who did not.”
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