There's a public conversation happening right now about disability being "cool" and it's a messier conversation than it sounds. Some people (like ME) are genuinely celebrating it: bold, decorated, unapologetic assistive technology showing up in public and being met with curiosity instead of pity. Others have brought their own discomfort into the conversation, and that discomfort tends to disguise itself as concern, or humour, or a raised eyebrow. But underneath the mess, one thing is becoming...

Kathleen Stock has written a column in the Times asking why so many young women are suddenly using walking sticks. She calls their conditions "vague syndromes." She raises the spectre of "social contagion." She acknowledges, almost in passing, that doctors have a long, well-documented history of not believing young women when they report symptoms. And then, in the very same piece, she does this very thing. I want to be careful here, because it would be easy to write this as pure fury, and...

A little life update and a peek into how I approach the hard stuff. Before you read on: I'll briefly mention a medical procedure. This is a no-angst post, but if medical content isn't something you can take in today, that's okay ... come back another time. I take trauma-informed leadership seriously, and I only ever want to put good into the world. You are the guardian of your mental health. Fight like a gladiator to protect it. I'll be starting plasmapheresis next week, which means I'll be...