“What did it take for you to arrive here?”: Healthcare Access, Social Needs, and SDOH

Picture in your mind’s eye a typical doctor’s office. What do you envision? Often, when we visualize the beginning of …

Thinking about Social Positionality & Social Determinants of Health

Per 2015 American Community Survey (Census Bureau) data, non-institutionalized U.S. civilians with disabilities ages >16 had a median income of …

An Update

Hello,   I realize that it has been a while since I last wrote here. I think it’s best to …

On Food (in)security and (Dis)ability

Hello! It’s been a while since I wrote for a public audience, and that is in part due to this …

How it Feels to be Colored (and Hearing Impaired) Me

I borrowed my title from Zora Neale Hurston’s “How It Feels to be Colored Me.” These days I have been …

Hearing Loss/ Hearing-Loss

I live with a literal loss everyday. The language of lack and difficulty is assigned to me: “hard of hearing” …