My Depression Is A Gift

International Relations class, 2006. The teacher’s assistant is drawing a diagram to explain anarchy on the board…

Edgar Cayce’s Nine Easy Steps to a Long Life

Living a longer and better life doesn’t have to be complicated. Edgar Cayce…

We Tried Normal — Twice Exceptional (2e) Family Stories

By Dr. Melanie Johnson Hayes

“Pity impedes the dignity of disabled people; resentment is a parallel obstacle for people with enormous talent…

Killing Him Softly

My dad’s last cocktail was alcohol-free. For a man who started most days with a screwdriver, this was unusual. Instead of…

Raging Adderall

My Night Out With Prescription Amphetamines

The doctor surge in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — When Dr. Bereket Fantahun finished medical school 15 years ago in Ethiopia, she…

Why I Chose Planned Parenthood Over the ER

I woke up on Wednesday morning, about an hour before my alarm was set to go off, feeling an at-first familiar pain in my pelvic area. I say familiar because, every so often, I am woken up in pain like this in the early morning due to the recurring cyst on…