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The Comorbid Citizen

Autistic citizen journalist shedding light on Ehlers-Danlos & comorbidities, neurodiversity, disability, & systemic gaps in healthcare & medical education.

I am a queer, millennial woman diagnosed with Aspergers, ADHD combined type, social anxiety, and complex trauma. I also have aphantasia: the inability to visualize within my mind's eye. I had hyperlexia as a child, being assessed at a grade 12 reading level when I was 8-years-old. On top of all this, I have a diagnosis of hypermobility spectrum disorder, thoracolumbar scoliosis, osteoarthritis of

the L4-L5 facet joints, as well as suspected fibromyalgia, POTS and MCAS. So yes, I am a "zebra spoonie" as well. As of 2023, I am in my second year of university studying sociology and anthropology. As a neurodivergent individual, my strengths are in research and writing. Some of my special interests include: medicine, history, archaeology, sociology, creative writing, genealogy, photography, natural disasters, and of course, psychology, but I have many other interests as well. I used to read medical encyclopedias for fun as a child. My dream career was to be a doctor, but I feel medical school is inaccessible for someone like myself, because I wouldn't do well on tests, such as the MCAT. But give me a list of all your symptoms and I can almost guarantee I can figure out what's going on with you. I have the uncanny ability to retain and recall a large amount of medical knowledge, almost like I have a medical memory. Between that and my passion for researching and solving medical mysteries, I have no doubt that I would thrive as a physician. If only there wasn't this barrier preventing me from getting into med school. This page was created to share my journey learning to unmask, to educate people, and to also help fellow neurodivergents to embrace neurodiversity.

14/11/2024

“Actual accessibility isn’t about “letting” us be ourselves — it’s about creating a world where we don’t have to ask for that permission in the first place. It’s about actually listening to autistic people and letting us drive the changes we need. We’re the experts on our own experiences…”

How Society Marginalizes Autistic Voices

13/04/2024

27/01/2024

27/01/2024

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Congrats on the great workout! 😂
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Image description: text reads, "When your FitBit registers your POTS attack as exercise." Below the text is an image of the subject of the "stonks" memes. It is a poorly generated 3d image of a humanoid figure wearing a doctor's coat. Text next to the doctor reads, "helth." End image description

27/01/2024

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31/12/2023

How to recognize hEDS and it's many comorbidities.

The many symptoms and comorbidities of hEDS

31/12/2023

What are your glimmers?

31/12/2023

I know many of my followers are here because they're neurodivergent, but did you know that many neurodivergent folks (especially the autistic and/or ADHD ones) also have comorbidities, like hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and dysautonomia? This is an article I wrote as an introduction to Ehlers-Danlos. There is more information, including symptoms and comorbidities of hEDS on my blog, The Zebra Narrative.

An introduction to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

31/12/2023

I feel this photo accurately represents those of us dealing with temperature dysregulation and poor circulation to the hands and feet due to dysautonomia. Personally, if my feet and hands are cold, the rest of me is freezing. Likewise, if they're hot, the rest of me is overheating. This is why I stick my feet out from under the blankets when I'm too warm. There is no in-between, no happy medium. I'm always either freezing to death or sweating my butt off. Who else can relate?

24/12/2023

In case you all haven’t figured it out already, the EDS flares and burnout already attacked me for most of the year. But hey, at least I officially got my hEDS and POTS diagnoses so my life is starting to make more sense.

Happy Holidays to me 😑
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Image description: photo of a fisherman standing in a river while smiling and holding up a salmon. Behind the fisherman, in the water, is a bear who Iooking directly at him. The fisherman is labeled, "me." The fish is labeled "finally doing better physically and emotionally." The bear is labeled, "an EDS flare and burnout." End image description

03/12/2023

Me, every single night. What do you do to get a good sleep? Lately I’ve been using a cooling weighted blanket and find I don’t toss and turn as much while under it.

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#Neurodivergent #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic

The “Scapegoat Autistic Kid” #autistic #neurodivergent #scapegoat

#AuDHD #neurodivergent

⚠️flash warning #neurodivergent #autism #adhd #audhd #frisson

Really trying to unmask in these videos. #Unmasking #stimming #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent

#AuDHD #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic

Words for the younger generation of autistic girls (aka things I now tell my inner child) 💞 #autistic #girlswithautism #asd #aspergers #autismacceptance #embraceneurodiversity #neurodivergent #innerchildhealing