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#KeepMasksInHealthcare — removing them is discriminatory

This post was originally posted as a thread on Twitter appealing press/media to cover the removals of mask requirements in healthcare…

Apr 8, 2023

Closeup of decals on what appears to be a window of a business. There are some blurry reflections in the glass of people talking. The decals show two square yellow icons side by side. On the left, a big “X” is beneath the icon of a simple stick-figure-esque outline of a maskless head. On the right, a big checkmark is beneath the same stick figure outline of a head, but this one is wearing a face mask.

Apr 8, 2023

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Short commentary about the counterintuitive nature of SSA SSDI (& SSI) earned income limits

Note: this post is adapted from a Twitter thread I tossed together on Jan. 12, 2023.

Jan 13, 2023

A glass jar tipped over spilling coins onto a flat surface. The view is looking directly inside the tipped over jar

Jan 13, 2023

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The autistic traits list I showed my psychiatrist.

This was originally posted on my Twitter account (@BeingCharisBlog) as a thread on November 28, 2022. Slight changes (for readability) have…

Nov 29, 2022

A portrait of me sitting cross-legged in a chair in a clinical exam room. I’m white-appearing with short dark hair. I’m wearing glasses, a light blue face mask over an N95, a t-shirt that says, “supercalifragilistic axial spondyloarthritis,” shorts and compression knee sleeves.

Nov 29, 2022

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#HighRiskCovid19 includes more than immunocompromised people

This was originally published as a thread on Twitter.

Jun 22, 2022

Jun 22, 2022

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“I’m Comfortable With the Risk” Won’t Make That Event Safe | COVID

Note: this is a blog version of this Twitter thread.

Jun 15, 2022

Jun 15, 2022

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Another Shooting — poem

This piece discusses gun violence, mass shooting, trauma & death.

Apr 3, 2022

Apr 3, 2022

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CDC’s Guidelines Cited When Denying Me Medical Safety

CDC guidelines are putting me directly into harm’s way as a #HighRiskCovid19 person.

Mar 17, 2022

CDC’s Guidelines Cited When Denying Me Medical Safety

Mar 17, 2022

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“Won’t We All Get COVID, Eventually?” asked my friend

I said yes.

Feb 27, 2022

White gloved hand holding a clear vial labeled “coronavirus” with a red top. In the background is part of a blue disposable medical gown

Feb 27, 2022

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“Urgency of Normal” Rhetoric Fuels Pandemic Ableism

One group in particular — chronically ill people — know that you can’t ignore your way out of an untreated health issue.

Feb 10, 2022

A fire-looking background of a graphic. Yellowish-white columns of misaligned numbers float in front of the oranges, yellows, reds, and deep purple-reds of the background, similar to The Matrix. A green, toxis-looking coronavirus particle floats in the center of the image

Feb 10, 2022

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10 Spondyloarthritis Info Pieces I Needed 8 Years Ago

A lot of misinformation was out there (still is) when I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis (now Axial Spondyloarthritis) that I only…

Nov 5, 2021

An XRay image of the thoracic spine, sideways, showing a vertical measurement ruler-type scale on the right of the image showing even numbers upward from 110–134. The spine is fully fused and kyphosed, curved all the way forward to the right, putting the head (off screen) perpendicular to the body’s core.

Nov 5, 2021

Charis Hill

Charis Hill

Charis is a disabled writer, speaker, activist and model who loves their four cats unconditionally and who grows their own veggies. Venmo: @BeingCharis

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