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My Medicaid, My Life

The reality of being a disabled person on Medicaid is far more complex and nuanced. Many people do not even know the difference between Medicaid and Medicare and simply consider them “entitlement programs,” as if tax breaks and corporate subsidies aren’t entitlements by another name.

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Alice Wong
2017
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When Families Take Care of Their Own

As the number of people with severe disabilities, debilitating chronic diseases and terminal illnesses grows, concern about their care has focused primarily on long-term care facilities, nursing homes, home health aides and hospices.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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I Refuse to Let My Chronic Illness Ruin My Life Any Longer

Each time I share my story of living with an illness I feel stronger. I'm not embarrassed to talk about it anymore.

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Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio
2018
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How the Body Positivity Movement Left Us Disabled Women Behind

“Body positivity is all about having a good relationship with your body.” Well that’s what everyone keeps telling me. The only problem is, if I told anyone about the way my body treats me, they would tell me it’s a relationship I need to get the hell out of.

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Jennifer Richards
2017
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The Body Neutrality Movement as an Alternative to Body Positivity?

Body neutrality, I think, has the power to be really useful in particular to people with disabilities, especially those with chronic pain or people with progressive diagnoses.

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Aspen Anderson
2021
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