Falling Down Just Before the Finish Line
My GP told me that I probably have Multiple Sclerosis five days before my viva. This ‘diagnosis’ came after months of severe back pain, balance problems, an increasingly stronger limp […]
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Making PhD Life Easier
While we talk often about the experiences students have doing a PhD, it’s important to get down to brass tacks: what can PhD students with disabilities or chronic illnesses do […]
Asking for Access After Declaring Disabled: An Interview Story
This week I was called to interview for a Research Council funding competition. The application was part of a last-minute marathon attempt to restart my PhD research this Autumn. This […]
On Pain & Celebration
Way back in December before PhDisabled had to take it’s own break for some self-care, we recieved this post from @Lykarar. While the various events that happened then have now […]
Modifying myself in an un-modifiable environment
I have a psychiatric disability. Before this year, despite that I have been psychiatrically disabled for 13 years and have gone through my entire college career with this disability, it […]
