Disability + Illness
General
- 3 Ways To Talk To Your Friends & Family About Their Ableist Views
- 5 Things Even the Most Well-Meaning Non-Disabled People Forget
- 5 Things Not to Do When Interacting with Physically Disabled People
- 7 Things I’m Tired of Hearing as a Disabled Person & What to Say Instead
- 10 Ways to Avoid Everyday Ableism
- Hypochondria Is a Lot More Than Being Worried About Getting Sick
- No Pain, No Gain: A Harmful Statement to Those Who Suffer from Chronic Pain
- The Implications of Having a Sitting Disability While in Public
- To the People Who Think I'm Not "Independent" Enough: I'm Trying My Hardest
- What I Wish the Public Knew About my Chronic Illness
- Why Technology is Important for Spoonies
- Why the “You can do anything if you try” Narrative is Harmful to Chronically Ill and Disabled Youth
- Why Your Well-Meant Advice is Hurtful to Me
Communication
- Active Listening and Engagement with Your Friends
- Comments That Are Hurtful to Receive When You Live with Chronic Illness
- Infantilising Disabled People is a Thing and You’re Probably Unconsciously Doing It.
- The Dehumanizing Effects of Being Spoken to in a 'Baby Voice' as Someone who has A Disability
Things You Should Know
- Anti-Ableism
- 3 Reasons to Say “Disability” Instead of “Special Needs”
- 3 Ways Disability Allyship Can Go Off Track
- 4 Ways We Can All Challenge Ableism in the Workplace
- 10 Questions About Why Ableist Language Matters, Answered
- 10 Ways YOU can be a Disability Ally
- Amplifying Their Voice by Lowering Ours: What it Means to be a Disability Ally
- Be An Ally
- Becoming a better ally during Disability Pride Month
- Bystander Intervention to Stop Stigma Around Learning Differences
- How to be an ally for the disability community
- How To Be An Active Bystander For Academic Ableism
- 15 Common Phrases That Are Way More Ableist Than You May Realize
- 21 Ways Able-bodied Privilege Looks
- Save Me From the Cure Evangelists
What It's Like to Live with Illness + Disability
- 6 Things You Need to Know About Invisible Illnesses
- How Can I Explain My Fatigue To You In A Way You Will Understand?
- How to Understand Someone With Chronic Pain
- The Internal Struggles We Face with Multiple Chronic Illnesses
Specific Conditions
- 10 Facts about POTS
- 10 Things I Do Because I Have Dysautonomia
- 10 Tips to Help Neurotypicals Understand Sensory Processing Disorder
- Living With Multiple Mental Illnesses: 7 Things To Know & How To Be a Better Ally
- Real-life Math Problems: Eating with Type 2 Diabetes
- The Realities of Living with Chiari Malformations
- What it's Like to Have Anxiety and Cerebral Palsy
Growing Up Sick
Around Events
Partners
- 5 Ways to Be an Ally to Your Partner’s Eating Disorder Recovery (And Avoid Triggering Them)
- 5 Ways to Help Someone in a Mental Health Emergency Without Calling the Police
- 5 Ways to Help Your Friend If They Have Been Triggered
- 5 Ways To Lovingly Support Someone With C-PTSD
- 5 Ways To Support Your Spouse or Partner’s Chronic Pain
- 7 Ways People With Chronic Illness Want Their Partners To Support Them
- 7 Ways to Support Someone Who May be Suicidal
- 8 Ways You and Your Partner can Deal with Chronic Pain and Illness
- 10 Things to Say to Someone Who Has Anxiety
- 10 Things Not to Say to Someone Who Has Anxiety
- 10 (Wrong) Things People Somehow Still Believe About Relationships and Chronic Illness
- 11 Important Ways My Loved Ones Supported Me During A Mental Health Crisis
- A Guide for Support Partners (pdf, MS-specific)
- How My Husband and I Make Our Marriage Work, Even With Chronic Illness
- How to Be a Good Partner to Someone with Chronic Illness
- How to be a Supportive Partner to Someone with Chronic Illness
- How to Keep Your Relationship Solid During a Serious Illness
- How To Love A Sexual Partner With Body Image Issues
- How to Practice Self-Care When Your Partner is Chronically Ill
- How to Reassure Your Partner That They’re Hot When They Hate Their Body
- How You Can Support Someone with a Chronic Illness (and Some Real Advice on How *Not* To)
- In Sickness and in Health: Making Love Last While Living with Chronic Illness
- Love in the Time of Chronic Illness: How to Fight the Sickness-Not Each Other by Barbara Kivowitz
- The Do’s (And Don’ts) Of Supporting Someone Through A Mental Health Crisis
- Undo the Stigma: 10 Things Not to Say to Someone Managing Depression
- What People with Chronic Illness Wish Our Friends and Family Understood
Family
- 5 Ways to Help Someone in a Mental Health Emergency Without Calling the Police
- 5 Ways to Help Your Friend If They Have Been Triggered
- 5 Ways To Lovingly Support Someone With C-PTSD
- 7 Ways to Support Someone Who May be Suicidal
- 10 Things to Say to Someone Who Has Anxiety
- 10 Things Not to Say to Someone Who Has Anxiety
- 11 Important Ways My Loved Ones Supported Me During A Mental Health Crisis
- How to be a True Friend in the Fight: Supporting Friends & Family with Chronic Illness
- How You Can Support Someone with a Chronic Illness (and Some Real Advice on How *Not* To)
- Sharing the Care: The Role of Family in Chronic Illness (pdf)
- The Do’s (And Don’ts) Of Supporting Someone Through A Mental Health Crisis
- Undo the Stigma: 10 Things Not to Say to Someone Managing Depression
- What People with Chronic Illness Wish Our Friends and Family Understood
Friends
- 5 Ways to Help Someone in a Mental Health Emergency Without Calling the Police
- 5 Ways to Help Your Friend If They Have Been Triggered
- 5 Ways To Lovingly Support Someone With C-PTSD
- 5 Ways to Support a Co-Worker with a Chronic Illness
- 6 Ways to Be a Friend to a Friend Living With Chronic Pain
- 7 Do’s and Don’ts When Your Friend Has a Chronic Illness
- 7 Ways To Be A Good Friend To Someone With A Chronic Illness
- 7 Ways to Support Someone Who May be Suicidal
- 10 Things to Say to Someone Who Has Anxiety
- 10 Things Not to Say to Someone Who Has Anxiety
- 11 Important Ways My Loved Ones Supported Me During A Mental Health Crisis
- 12 things chronically ill friend wants you to know
- 100 Ways to Show Up for People with a Chronic Illness
- Frustrated With a Friend’s Chronic Illness? These Tips Can Help
- Have A Friend With Chronic Illness? Here Are 10 Ways You Can Help
- How can I support my chronically ill friends?
- How to be a True Friend in the Fight: Supporting Friends & Family with Chronic Illness
- How to Support a Friend Who’s Just Been Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness
- How to Support a Sick Friend
- How You Can Support Someone with a Chronic Illness (and Some Real Advice on How *Not* To)
- Key Ways to Offer Support to a Friend with Chronic Illness
- Supporting a Friend with a Rare Disease
- The Do’s (And Don’ts) Of Supporting Someone Through A Mental Health Crisis
- Undo the Stigma: 10 Things Not to Say to Someone Managing Depression
- What People with Chronic Illness Wish Our Friends and Family Understood
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