By Susan Gubar — 2020
Cancer patients deal daily with dread stirred by organisms produced by the body they attack.
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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.
Often, disabled people have their disability treated, but they don’t have their emotional or spiritual needs addressed.
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Depression and suicidal ideation are more likely among people with disabilities due to factors like abuse, isolation, and stressors related to poverty, among others.
The author and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon examines the disabilities that ramps and designated parking spots don’t address.
Adults with disabilities report experiencing frequent mental distress almost 5 times as often as adults without disabilities.
In the end, I fall back on one statement that I repeat to myself pretty often. “We are not given the burdens we deserve, we are given the burdens we can bear.”
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