Disorder

To the Parents of My Son’s Classmates, From the Mom of a Boy With Down Syndrome

Julie Gerhart-Rothholz

What It’s Like to Be in High School With an Undiagnosed Condition

Nora W.

What Are the Best Ways to 'Be There' for a Partner Who's Living With Chronic Pain?

C X

When You're Torn Between 'I Can Do Anything' and 'I'll Never Be Able to Again' With Chronic Illness

Abby McGrory

How Twenty One Pilots Helped Me Understand My Daughter's Stim

Melissa Cote

To My Parents After I Was Recently Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness

Hattie Cousins

When Your Chronic Pain Is Like White Noise to Those Around You

Jessica Martin

To the Teacher of a Student with Chronic Pain

Jessica Martin

To Those Who Judge My 5-Year-Old for Using a Stroller

Rachel Bitmead

When I Shared My Chronic Illness Story With My Gymnastics Club

Rachel Ehrenberg

To the Mom Who's Scared of an Autism Diagnosis for Your Child

Brittany Meng

When I Went Back and Forth About Taking Medication for My PCOS

Brittany Moore

3 Things to Do After Receiving a Rare Diagnosis

Heather McCarthy

To the Congressman Promising to 'Combat the Opioid Epidemic'

Ashley Seymour

To the Doctors Treating Patients With MSK, Please Believe Our Pain

Mary Maston

To the Teacher Who Gave Me My First 'A' as a Child With Learning Disabilities

Marisa Quinn-Haisu

Why I Love It's a Small World as Someone on the Autism Spectrum

Trevor Pacelli

How The Turks Head Jugglers Helped Me as Someone on the Autism Spectrum

Erin Clemens

To the Friends Who Stuck With Me After I Opened Up About My Chronic Illness

Kaitlyn Brennan

Inside the Mind of a Teenager With Chronic Pain

Ethel Nalule

When It Feels Like My Child With Autism and I Have Arrived in a ‘New Land’

Melissa Cote

The Challenges of Returning to Work After Being on Leave for Dysautonomia

Shama Akhtar

5 Things I Wish Others Understood About Living With Epilepsy

Alexis Hymore

5 Ways We're Helping Our Child on the Autism Spectrum Prepare for Preschool

Lilly Jinkins

5 Ways to Transform Autism Advocacy Through the Art of Storytelling

Lamar Hardwick

9 Things Parents of Kids With Neuromuscular Diseases Wish Teachers Understood

Farah Musallam

3 Ways I Respond When My Stoma Makes 'Those' Noises

Lisa Goodman-Helfand

How Do You Love Your Chronically Ill Body Even on the Bad Days?

Caroline Catlin

When Treating Your Illness Makes You Feel Like a Trial-and-Error Experiment

Mary Puglisi

I Stopped Saying 'I'm Sorry' When I Ask for Help for My Illness

Ellie Donner-Klein