Co-Caretaking For Disabled Couples
Jem Zero is a disabled lesbian author and artist.
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There is no cure for autism
No Cure This essay was originally published in 2018 with Argot Magazine, which is no longer active. I have revised the piece to represent my experience as an autistic person in 2021. ~ I’m the eldest of two children. My sibling and I share many traits, and always have. Back in elementary school we were …
How My Family Is Learning to Heal After 25 Years of Abuse
This piece was originally published somewhere that is now dead, so I’m sharing it again here. ~ It’s not quite been two years since the last time I spoke to him. He is out of my life, but stays a ghost in my head. His rage still haunts the channels of my childhood home, leaving …
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gay, trans, and disabled in detroit
hey! i don’t update this too much (oops) but a development popped up a few months ago: a journalistic article written about me and my fiancée. check it out, maybe?
neuroDifferent
it is very hard to be neurodivergent. you are the cigarette butt of every community you might seek solace in, and considered disposable even by other mentally ill people — usually people who have it less severe and judge you for not being able to keep it together and feign normalcy like they do. the …
autistic, and the journey
No one wonders if I might be autistic until I’m 25. My brother was diagnosed as a kid, and Daryl used my mum’s speculations about his place on the spectrum to justify his constant abuse. My debilitating social flaws are passed off as me being a rebellious and contrary daughter. I want to kill myself …