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Finding My Daily Reprieve in Life with Chronic Mental Illness

Life sometimes seems to come down to small moments that open highways of opportunities that can take you almost anywhere. One of these was my last night ...

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What You Need to Hear on Your Darkest Days with Mental Illness

It’s 2022, and I refer to 2013 as being 7 years ago. I don’t know where the time went and when I start to think about it, it’s all a blur, as if I have been on ...

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Religious Fasting and Eating Disorders: Balancing Faith and Recovery

I admit that I am not a particularly religious person. While I am ethnically Jewish and was baptized in the Catholic church, my upbringing was not overly ...

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27 Horror and Halloween Chronic Illness Gifts for Spooky Spoonies

Ahh, autumn, the season of change, and my favorite holiday -- Halloween! For one night, the veil between this world and the next is thin, and ghosts and ghouls ...

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Why Aren’t We Talking About the Disabled Actors in ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’?

Unless you live under a rock, you've probably seen or heard about Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which is currently #1 on Netflix in the U.S., with over ...

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The Hunt for Healing in Life with Mental Illness

Mental illness is a topic I research pretty often. I have struggled with anxiety and depression all of my life. While searching for answers, I found one I ...

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Learning to Sing Again After Becoming Deaf

Deafness and music shouldn’t really go together but they do! OK, hear me out before you descend into wails of despair at the lack of awareness. I am a ...

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Sensory Chairs for Active Seating with Autism and ADHD: A Guide

Sensory chairs can help children and adults with autism, ADHD, anxiety, and/or sensory processing disorder to focus at work and school. For neurodivergent ...

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How to Teach Non-Verbal Skills to Children Who Were Born Blind

Non-verbal communication and behavior are two of the most problematic aspects of teaching and counseling people who were born with total or partial blindness.  ...

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16 Board Games Blind People and Those with Low Vision Can Play

Board games and card games are loved by people of all ages and social backgrounds and there is a good reason for that -- they are great tools for learning, ...

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