A personal, experimental Substack-style journal by a writer rebuilding language after a brain injury, mixing reflections on disability, politics, grief and rage with book recommendations and support for a reading challenge. Readers get raw, fragmented first-person writing on injustice and recovery plus lists of books to read.
Website: https://water.ghost.io/
Disability Debrief explores world news and first-person writing through a disability lens, mixing original essays and reporting with curated links from many countries. Readers get coverage of disability rights, independent living, housing, education and chronic illness.
Essays by an autistic writer and developer of a therapeutic modality, exploring neurodivergence, giftedness and personal growth. Issues examine why the hero's journey model fails for developmental trauma, critique how the social model of disability is applied in self-help settings, and discuss higher rates of abuse among autistic people.
Personal essays from a Toronto-based writer and former academic on books, illness, grief, housing and disability. Issues blend memoir with cultural criticism, covering a book on a Toronto homeless encampment, a tribute to a mentor, and the experience of chronic illness diagnosis.
Bluntshovels offers first-person analysis of Australian disability policy, the NDIS and the economics of care work, written from a disabled advocate's perspective. Readers get critiques of government decisions, budgets and mainstream economic framing, informed by lived experience and policy engagement.
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