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    Black Disabled Lives Matter

    ByAlison Hayes June 19, 2020February 10, 2023

    With the Black Lives Matter protests and events are occurring as part of a call for justice, I want to do my part to help the movement. While police brutality is what triggered this movement, there are a lot of complex roots underlying it. This post focuses on the disabled angle. As a disabled person,…

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  • The LGBT community needs to support all its members
    Overcoming Obstacles | Social connections

    The LGBT community needs to support all its members

    ByAlison Hayes June 5, 2020June 1, 2022

    This is Pride month, and while I want to celebrate, I feel it is more important to discuss injustice and oppression. With the protests(and occasional rioting) that is going on all over the US, I feel it’s important to discuss the intersectionality of the LGBT community, and how the community has, in large part, erased…

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  • A Chronic Voice February 2020
    Strategizing for success | Social connections

    A Chronic Voice February 2020

    ByAlison Hayes February 14, 2020February 7, 2020

    Once more, I am participating in A Chronic Voice’s monthly linkup.  February prompts: ditching, invigorating, playing, joining, looking. This post muses about two major topics: BiRequest and turning my blog into a business. I’m excited about both things, and hoping that the steps I am taking in both spaces will lead to a better future for…

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  • Queer and disabled – my experience of participating in the Queer Liberation March
    Strategizing for success | Taking care of yourself

    Queer and disabled – my experience of participating in the Queer Liberation March

    ByAlison Hayes July 5, 2019June 14, 2022

    Once more, I am participating in A Chronic Voice’s monthly linkup. Planning, Justifying, Analyzing, Starting, Concluding June is Pride month, and in New York City, the city-wide Pride parade is the last Sunday in June. This year(2019), there was another option: the Queer Liberation March. Heritage of Pride(HOP) runs the Pride Parade, and this year…

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Alison Hayes

As a person with a sometimes-invisible illness that straddles neurology and psychiatry (Functional Neurological Disorder), I've dealt with a lot of the stigma surrounding physical and mental illnesses and both visible and invisible illnesses. I want to help other people with disabilities to regain perspective and control over their lives through manageable steps and make their lives better, one step at a time.

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I am not a doctor, lawyer, or therapist.  I am a person with a disability who has learned a lot about many aspects of living life with a disabling condition.  My posts are intended as jumping off points connected to the best knowledge I could find.  I cannot be held responsible for the decisions you make or the actions you take.  

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