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Diversity: It's About More Than Race and Gender

Diversity: It's About More Than Race and Gender

“Your medical record isn’t proof of your condition.”

I’m paraphrasing and summarizing the response I received after four hours of trying to resurrect a dead “Ask Me Anything” on r/IAMA on Reddit. The AMA had gone fantastically, with plenty of engagement from other people with my condition asking questions that the answers might help them make their days (or in one case, the life of their 4-year-old daughter) a little easier. But then, in one fell swoop, a comment appeared from the mods and the post removed. Why?

Behind The Scenes Blog Post 1: Advice to Disregard

Behind The Scenes Blog Post 1: Advice to Disregard

I’m sitting here typing this post on a typewriter-key keyboard with a bowl of Chinese food perched rather precariously in front of it. Normally, I take a proper lunch break by sitting somewhere more disability-friendly than my desk and read (or listen) to a book, but today my self-appointed manager is in the shower and I can get away with working through lunch. Chekov, my service dog, is lying on the floor behind my chair curled up on the oversized pillow bed that was originally purchased for Boo (my now-retired service dog). He doesn’t much care for my office, he much prefers when I take my normal lunch break elsewhere.