Some thoughts on education and disability
I’ve been thinking a lot about what to do with myself next year. It’s been almost two years since I got sick, and I’ve done a lot during that time. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: About illness
All eyes on you
I have many fears for the next three years of government. It will come as no surprise that, selfishly, one of the biggest concerns for me is welfare reform.
Progress update – living with AS
When I first found out I had Ankylosing Spondylitis, I had a mixture of reactions. Fear, resignation, and a bit of weird excitement about what this knowledge would mean for Continue Reading →
Who benefits? What benefits?
I’ve so far avoided commenting on the issue dearest to my heart in the leadup to the election, but I’m all round furious, so let’s go.
The end of the Kiwi dream?
Again, I did a lot of research for this week’s Nelson Mail column on housing policy, and didn’t have room for all of it in the column. So here’s the info Continue Reading →
Who cares about your health?
This week’s column in the Nelson Mail looked at health policy in the context of the election. I was interested in what might affect me as a young, disabled woman Continue Reading →
Great Women
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about inheritance and heritage lately, and asking my family questions about my grandmothers and great grandmothers and what their lives were really like.
Sarah’s Health 101
I thought I’d do a bit of a health update, for those of you who follow that part of my story. It’s been a month since I was diagnosed with Continue Reading →
Quiet Activism – what is it?
You may have heard me use the term ‘quiet activism’ lately. What does that mean? How am I doing it? Why?
On arthritis and diagnosis
Here’s my latest column for the Nelson Mail, ‘My illness finally has a face‘, where I talk about being diagnosed with Ankolysing Spondylitis – inflammatory arthritis in my spine.