by Rebecca Dorsey “Smile, God loves you.”“Are you okay? You looked sad.”“Your face is so hard to read. I can never tell how you feel.”“Oh, you’re happy about that? You sounded so bored.”“It’s not Halloween anymore. Why don’t you take off that face mask?”People look at meand assumeHalloweenis my favorite holiday.And they’renotwrong.But they’re alsonotright.I dressContinue reading “Halloween”
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a brief psychiatric and physiological history of autism
by Anushka Jain the DSM-I pioneersautism is not a diagnosisthere is no word other than the whispered imbecilewhen his repetitive movements surfacechromosomal abnormalities are foundhot spots for mutationsgenetics form facts, but too latethe refrigerator mother is too frigid for her childthe DSM-II linksautism is a part of schizophrenic reactionsa byproduct to something more tangiblethan hisContinue reading “a brief psychiatric and physiological history of autism”
A Conversation with my Chronic Pain
By Natasha Khetan When I felt my first pang of pain at ten years old, I did not know That pain would forever be my foe. My road to acceptanceWas long and treacherous.But I wouldn’t give it up for anything, As what it has taught me is glorious. In the quiet space within my mind,IContinue reading “A Conversation with my Chronic Pain”
Beautiful Challenges
Written by Ella Cook I write long letters, teach with hope, embrace beautiful challengeseach word, each acta quiet revolution. There’s much progress to be made;roads unpaved, voices unheard. But roads we press forward. “There is no about us without us,We must listen to those who wish to teach”:a truth that resounds,a call we must answer.Continue reading “Beautiful Challenges”
Silk and Wires
Written by Elisa Shaholli, with help from the DAC Team Image Description: A photo of a woman with her arms above her head, shielding her face. She has a dress and shawl made of silk that covers her head and body aside from her arms. On top of the image, barbed wire has been editedContinue reading “Silk and Wires”
Indigestion
Written by Emery Roberts, with support from the DAC Team It took getting the hiccups four times in an hour to believe you when you said that I eat too fast, and learn too slow. And I know it’d be best if I flip them around, but here’s the trouble: Mine is a palateContinue reading “Indigestion”
I Ask the Same Kind of Questions
Written by Emery Roberts, with support from the DAC Team I found them at a thrift store the day before I drove across the country. One was broken, so of four I had a set-of-three, plaster coasters, shaped like an array of keys, housed in a miniature replica of a typewriter. And I think ofContinue reading “I Ask the Same Kind of Questions”
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