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Back-to-School & the ADA: Know Your Child's Rights (and Reduce Stress)

Ill back-to-school? Learn about your child's ADA rights and 10 reasonable accommodations that make school less stressful and safer

Flat lay of a planner, writing utensils, medications, pill holders and a water bottle. This depicts back to school for chronically ill.

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Back-to-School Preparation When You're Chronically Ill

Back-to-school preparation with chronic illness? These are some tips to reduce stress, organize medication, and prepare school or college essentials.

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August's Natural Medicine Cabinet: What Late Summer Foods Can Teach Your Chronic Illness

There's something strangely earthy about strolling through a farmer's market in August. The harvest is so abundant on the ground, it's almost shy—tables brimming with colors I'd forgotten to expect of the gray winter months. But for patients of chronic...

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Beyond Visibility: Reframing Wellness Through the Prism of Disability Pride

Disability Pride Month is in July, and visibility is vital, but I just can't stop thinking about something more. What if we're not just asking to be included in wellness conversations—what if we're actually pioneering them? After decades of navigating...

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Salt, Sun & Spoonies: In Which the Ocean Enables Chronic Illness Wellbeing

Have you ever noticed how your mood improves when you've spent some time by or in the sea? There actually is some scientific basis to this. The ocean is not just a pleasant picture to us chronically ill folk—it possesses...

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Summer Wellness Reset: 7 Science-Backed Habits to Reboot Your Health in August

When August Sneaks Up on You Wow, August already? I swear I was just making New Year's resolutions five minutes ago. Now here I am, sitting in this ridiculous heat, wondering where the first half of the year went. Anyone...

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The Health Benefits of Air Conditioning for Chronic Illness: Stay Cool, Stay Safe

Why Cooling Matters for Chronic Illness Living with a chronic illness means constantly navigating a world that often doesn’t accommodate your needs—especially during the summer months. When the temperatures rise, so do the challenges. For many of us dealing with...

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Freedom to Live Full: Adaptive Clothing Provides Independence for All

What Freedom Truly Is When You're Fighting Your Body Every Day July rolls around, and everyone is talking about freedom and independence. Reminds me of my own conception of freedom—which really has nothing to do with fireworks or parades. It's...

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The Subtleness of Spoonie Dads: Honoring Fathers in the Chronic Illness Community

Father's Day is coming up, and while social media is abuzz with photos of dads driving off at golf courses and firing up grills, there is a group of fathers whose stories rarely make the cut into these highlight reels....

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Built From the Battle: How IBD Shaped BeWell Products

A view into how IBD shaped BeWell for World IBD Day. When I Was First Diagnosed with Crohn’s... ...I thought my life would be divided in two: before IBD and after IBD. But what I didn’t expect—what no one tells...

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Summer Holidays & Chronic Illness: Pacing Yourself at Gatherings

The smell of grills firing up, the sound of coolers being stocked with ice, and suddenly everyone's planning their three-day weekend. Memorial Day is right around the bend, bringing with it the unofficial start of summer and its backyard barbecues...

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Why May Matters: Lupus, Arthritis, Mental Health, Fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos & IBD Awareness

The flowers are blooming, the allergies are starting, and now all of a sudden my social media timeline is filled with colored ribbons and hashtags. May isn't just about spring blooms and Mother's Day brunches - it's when most chronic...

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