disability

I’ll never get to really understand what it means to be wanted. My dating history will be filled by awkward half-hugs and nothing more.

"I now had my seat of power, my throne, if you will. That’s why I customized my chair to look like a throne. And that’s why I liked it in my act: because I was truly in love with it and all that it represented for me. It was no longer a trap or a cage. It was freedom. It was power. It was sexy. And it was mine."

Two months ago, I filed for disability for unmedicated bipolar disorder. I had spent weeks dangling from tiring hands over a spiky precipice – or so it seemed. There were days of crying at my desk, days of inexplicable panic attacks in the face of a normal workload.

In order to raise awareness for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we've partnered with NEDA (

It's no secret that Hawking's intelligence eclipses most, but does iconic brainpower in turn render him ripe for parody?

What doesn't the Netherlands do? Turns out the land of legal prostitution and marijuana also offers sex services to those with disabilities.