Writer, activist, health nerd, and polymath
As many of you may know, I have ADHD. After years of suspecting it, I was finally diagnosed in May of 2021 with combined inattentive and hyperactive ADHD. When I was playing hockey and able to be more active, my ADHD wasn’t really that much of an issue. Pair that with the isolation that came …
Since the summer of 2023, my best friend has been fighting back against an abuser — her ex-fiancé. Just as we were working to set up a fundraiser, her lawyers have demanded payment in full of the $3,453.22 owed to continue working her case. Unfortunately, after nearly 9 months of staying with friends, relying on …
This post is originally from November 2020, when I posted it on my sex education website Chronic Sex. Also, please note that your mileage may vary with all this, especially if you rely on family or others for various help or anything else. We know that COVID-19 can be transmitted via close contact with others, …
I’ve written before about how illness isn’t a competition, specifically on how comparing cancers to less fatal illnesses is incredibly harmful. At that time, I’d lost an aunt-in-law to breast cancer. Seven years later and on the cusp of getting remarried, I’ve now lost a close friend and a father-in-law I didn’t get the chance …
I ain’t done. I ain’t quitting ‘til I’m dead. And then I want y’all to carry me off the battlefield on my shield, and then keep fighting. Because that’s the only way we’re gonna hack this universe into a more human-friendly place. – Mighty Casey Quinlan, in conversation with Danny van Leeuwen Captain America, Clad …
I’ll be posting facts, statistics, and more about the community all month long (or until my ADHD stops me, causing me to apologize profusely towards the end of June). If you have questions or topics you’d like to see highlighted, feel free to comment here or send me a message. Otherwise, stay tuned to social …
Back in 2016, I collected some initial information about how people felt they could talk to healthcare providers (HCPs) about sexual health and function, sexual orientation, and gender. Then, in the fall of 2019, I conducted a more extensive survey. I’m still working on the results of that survey. With the changes occurring in the …
This is how it feels to wake up daily as a transgender, queer, disabled, and neurodivergent human in Appalachia – Where fellow LGBTQ+ folks and allies act like we should not live, as though areas of our world shouldn’t be accessible for us; As though we should abandon our homes, our communities, our favorite places …
I wrote the following poem last year but have updated it since it’s the 33rd anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, an event where disability activists of all ages literally crawled up the steps of the US Capitol to highlight inaccessibility and urge the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Perhaps the most memorable …
This poem was inspired by the video titled Control, Anatomy, and the Legacy of the Haunted House by Jacob Geller. In it, he covers the video games Control and Anatomy while bringing in notes about Leviticus 14:33-57 and The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I pulled some sample text from Shirley Jackson’s Sublime …