Disability Justice and Material Needs: Reflections on the Experiences of Autistic New Yorkers Living Under Covid-19
This essay originally appeared on Somatosphere, as part of its Dispatches from the Pandemic series. As a member of NYU’s Disability Equity in the Time of COVID-19 research team during the summer of 2020[1], I had the opportunity to conduct seven virtual interviews by Zoom or phone with autistic adults… Continue Reading Disability Justice and Material Needs: Reflections on the Experiences of Autistic New Yorkers Living Under Covid-19
Staying (at Home) with Brain Fog: “Un-witting” Patient Activism
This essay originally appeared on Somatosphere, as part of its Reworking the Cognitive Bias series. Scene 1: It’s Sunday afternoon, around one o’clock, and a group of a dozen or so people log onto a video call from their apartments. Occasionally someone’s cat will walk into the frame, obscuring the… Continue Reading Staying (at Home) with Brain Fog: “Un-witting” Patient Activism