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This is our story.
From stories of lived experience, to essays by curators, researchers, artists and chronically ill individuals, this section gathers raw, radical and moving stories and essays that have at their core the belief that invisible illnesses and disabilities deserve better representation, in the museum, but also in everyday life.
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GRIEF
I like to consider myself a bit of an expert on grief, both in the traditional and nontraditional ways...
Sep 13, 2024
Invisible disabilities, lived experiences, and the mundane object
Over the past two decades, projects such as Buried in the Footnotes have set out to explore the representation of disability...
May 17, 2024
Rebekah's story
When I was a child, I dreamt of exploring far away lands, of digging up dinosaurs and ancient greek pottery, exploring temples, and...
Jun 9, 2022
On the Courtauld Gallery selling souvenirs making light of Van Gogh's mental illness
The aim of a gallery is to display the life and the work of an artist by showing to the public that every and each one of us should be...
Apr 26, 2022
When life as you knew it is turned upside down…
For as long as I can remember, there has always been something wrong within my body, or something making me uncomfortable, whether it was...
Apr 25, 2022
In the Forest
In this article, Erin Becker-Boris recounts her own story of Lyme disease, and how it is linked to her experience of higher education.
Dec 5, 2021
Let's change Endometriosis narrative
In this blog, Ilenia Atzori shares her story with endometriosis and emphasizes that the narrative about endometriosis being a women's matte
Mar 15, 2021
From History to Hidden - The Asylum under the surface of Leicester University
When I began my studies at the University of Leicester, I knew nothing of the campus’s history in disability persecution. And I can’t really
Oct 16, 2020
Status Migrainosus
Words and artwork by Artist in Residence, Caitlin Smits.
Aug 15, 2020
Are You There?
A mild disease, a form of discomfort, something recurrent or permanent which bothers you. What is a disability? What is chronic disease?...
Jul 10, 2020
Standing Alone
This blog was originally written for Diversability. You can read the original post here. I quit my job. I thought about quitting my BA...
Jun 25, 2020
My Lyme Story #2
My childhood was filled with the outdoors, sports, friends and playing outside (in tall grass sometimes) until the sun went down. I have...
May 14, 2020
My Lyme Story #1
No one believes that their life will end, until one day they simply warn you. For me, it all started one day in October, when I started...
May 14, 2020
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