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When systems designed to support you, harm you

October 26, 2014by Sarcozona 2 Comments

Patients with chronic pain and illness often have a hard time getting the help and care they need from the medical system. Learning to manage our conditions is often a […]

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Experiences, Postgraduate Research
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Disabled Student Allowance & PhD-Specific Doings: A Resource for Self-Advocacy

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  The first time I went through the UK’s Disability Needs Assessment process to secure Disabled Students Allowance for a PhD, it took four months and the production of a […]

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Postgraduate Research, Support & Advice
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Why I Have To Say No

August 5, 2014by phdisabled 1 Comment

One of the most important things in my life is philosophy. I live it and breathe it. I’m not in academia but I manage to fill my life with probability […]

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Experiences
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The headache & heartbreak of doing academia with chronic migraine

June 10, 2014by phdisabled 40 Comments

I’m a part-time PhD student, with a chronic illness and a family. I have a grant that pays my fees, but everything else I need to live on I must […]

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Experiences
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How to do medical leave

April 1, 2014by phdisabled Leave a comment

Some disabled and chronically ill students will need to take periods of medical leave – also known as interruption in the UK – to rest and recover when the body […]

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Support & Advice
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Making PhD Life Easier

March 31, 2014by phdisabled Leave a comment

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 […]

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Support & Advice
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Asking for Access After Declaring Disabled: An Interview Story

March 26, 2014by phdisabled 12 Comments

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 […]

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Experiences
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Living with depression (while doing a PhD)

November 15, 2013by phdisabled 13 Comments

After a string of conversations on twitter, I wanted to write about the hard work that goes in to being a PhD student as someone who suffers from depression. As […]

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Experiences
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You are We and We Are Not Alone

October 27, 2013by phdisabled Leave a comment

Since launching this project just over a week ago, almost by accident, the single most common response we have received is this: “Thank you for showing me that I am […]

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Experiences

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