“You had cancer. You are not fit for work”I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the young age of 30, in 2010. I had moved to the UK from Italy in 2005 to do a Master’s at the University of Reading and I was awarded a studentship to start a PhD the following year. When I was about to submit my…
“Prevention is Better Than Cure.”Well, you’re not wrong… We need to start talking about preventing disability.Well, you’re not wrong…
“Is He Retarded?”: Living With and Overcoming My DisabilityNow, after nearly a month writing on Medium, I have worked up the emotional fortitude and mental courage to write about the one thing in my life that’s most personal: my permanent physical disability.
人間拡張テクノロジーは、人の可能性を拡げるか小さい頃からSFの映画やストーリーが好きだった。大学生のときに観た攻殻機動隊に感化されて、大学の専門外のことを勉強した(大学では酵素をあつかう研究室だった)。専攻を変えるわけでもなく、技術系の就職をするわけでもなく、いまは子どもから大人までを対象としたヒューマン・サービスを提供する会社でサービスの開発と研究をしている。
Murdered for using Sigh-LanguageThe tragic case of Monique, Sophone, and Vaness, three young Haitian…
Getting Lost in the ShuffleLooks like it’s time to get on the soapbox again. Before I begin, my Medium “bio” proudly states that among…