Disabled Doctor
@disableddoctor.bsky.social
PhD. Gamer. Gardener. Clinician-Scientist. EDS. ADHD. CCI. TBI. MCAS. TN. 🏳️🌈
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What would happen if we stopped praising people for pushing through and started praising people for taking care of themselves and being mindful of their limits?
If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU!
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU!
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
Not so friendly reminder that Trump doesn’t see your ableist comments making fun of him for having XYZ condition or needing a catheter, but disabled people like me who have dealt with incontinence sure do.
Don’t be ableist. There’s far better things to critique him for
Don’t be ableist. There’s far better things to critique him for
October 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Not so friendly reminder that Trump doesn’t see your ableist comments making fun of him for having XYZ condition or needing a catheter, but disabled people like me who have dealt with incontinence sure do.
Don’t be ableist. There’s far better things to critique him for
Don’t be ableist. There’s far better things to critique him for
I had two medical appointments and one prescription pickup today and it took about 5 hours in total.
Being disabled or chronically ill is like having a full-time job you have to pay to do.
And for many of us (myself included), holding an actual full-time job on top of that simply isn’t accessible.
Being disabled or chronically ill is like having a full-time job you have to pay to do.
And for many of us (myself included), holding an actual full-time job on top of that simply isn’t accessible.
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I had two medical appointments and one prescription pickup today and it took about 5 hours in total.
Being disabled or chronically ill is like having a full-time job you have to pay to do.
And for many of us (myself included), holding an actual full-time job on top of that simply isn’t accessible.
Being disabled or chronically ill is like having a full-time job you have to pay to do.
And for many of us (myself included), holding an actual full-time job on top of that simply isn’t accessible.
Why hasn’t someone invented a “rent a cis white man to pretend to be your partner to help advocate for you in medical appointments” app yet?
This would honestly be a great way for cis white men to use their privilege for good.
This would honestly be a great way for cis white men to use their privilege for good.
August 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Why hasn’t someone invented a “rent a cis white man to pretend to be your partner to help advocate for you in medical appointments” app yet?
This would honestly be a great way for cis white men to use their privilege for good.
This would honestly be a great way for cis white men to use their privilege for good.
If you’ll bend over backward to “rescue” a three-legged dog but can’t be bothered to care about disabled humans (or toss a dime to disability mutual aid) you’re not compassionate, you’re just collecting props.
August 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you’ll bend over backward to “rescue” a three-legged dog but can’t be bothered to care about disabled humans (or toss a dime to disability mutual aid) you’re not compassionate, you’re just collecting props.
Trump has chronic venous insufficiency.
Get ready for a wave of ableism from the left. 🫠
Get ready for a wave of ableism from the left. 🫠
July 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump has chronic venous insufficiency.
Get ready for a wave of ableism from the left. 🫠
Get ready for a wave of ableism from the left. 🫠
The worst part of being disabled with a complex medical condition requiring many different specialities, numerous appointments, and many medications every week?
Automated clinic, hospital, and pharmacy phone systems. 🫠
Automated clinic, hospital, and pharmacy phone systems. 🫠
July 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The worst part of being disabled with a complex medical condition requiring many different specialities, numerous appointments, and many medications every week?
Automated clinic, hospital, and pharmacy phone systems. 🫠
Automated clinic, hospital, and pharmacy phone systems. 🫠
In a world that worships productivity, choosing rest is rebellion.
Accommodating yourself is resistance.
Honoring your limits is power.
It’s Disability Pride Month, and I’m proud as fuck of you for taking care of yourself even when the world tells you not to.
Accommodating yourself is resistance.
Honoring your limits is power.
It’s Disability Pride Month, and I’m proud as fuck of you for taking care of yourself even when the world tells you not to.
July 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
In a world that worships productivity, choosing rest is rebellion.
Accommodating yourself is resistance.
Honoring your limits is power.
It’s Disability Pride Month, and I’m proud as fuck of you for taking care of yourself even when the world tells you not to.
Accommodating yourself is resistance.
Honoring your limits is power.
It’s Disability Pride Month, and I’m proud as fuck of you for taking care of yourself even when the world tells you not to.
In grad school, I was told by my supervisors and professors to ensure that I hid pretty much everything about myself from my patients, including factors relating to my being disabled.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In grad school, I was told by my supervisors and professors to ensure that I hid pretty much everything about myself from my patients, including factors relating to my being disabled.
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My mom is FINALLY acknowledging that her AFib, brain fog, extreme fatigue, and other health issues that onset after she was sick with COVID almost 2 years ago are actually post covid issues. It only took me telling her this for 2 years and then a single provider at a hospital saying it once. 🫠
June 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My mom is FINALLY acknowledging that her AFib, brain fog, extreme fatigue, and other health issues that onset after she was sick with COVID almost 2 years ago are actually post covid issues. It only took me telling her this for 2 years and then a single provider at a hospital saying it once. 🫠
One of the most difficult parts of being disabled or chronically ill is realizing that there really isn’t much help out there.
From the medical system to the government to your family and social networks, you’re not going to get much care.
From the medical system to the government to your family and social networks, you’re not going to get much care.
May 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
One of the most difficult parts of being disabled or chronically ill is realizing that there really isn’t much help out there.
From the medical system to the government to your family and social networks, you’re not going to get much care.
From the medical system to the government to your family and social networks, you’re not going to get much care.
Is that patient really “difficult” or do you just suck at your job?
May 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Is that patient really “difficult” or do you just suck at your job?
Did you know that the reason most physicians don’t mask is because they are immune to long COVID? Wild, right? It’s just us lowly patients who succumb to it — especially the disposable ones. 🫠
May 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did you know that the reason most physicians don’t mask is because they are immune to long COVID? Wild, right? It’s just us lowly patients who succumb to it — especially the disposable ones. 🫠
When I was diagnosed with hEDS at Mayo Clinic the geneticist I spoke to said there was nothing that could be done for it.
In the 6+ years since, I’ve realized just how wrong that was.
What wild, unhelpful, or inaccurate things have you been told by your doctors about your medical condition(s)?
In the 6+ years since, I’ve realized just how wrong that was.
What wild, unhelpful, or inaccurate things have you been told by your doctors about your medical condition(s)?
May 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
When I was diagnosed with hEDS at Mayo Clinic the geneticist I spoke to said there was nothing that could be done for it.
In the 6+ years since, I’ve realized just how wrong that was.
What wild, unhelpful, or inaccurate things have you been told by your doctors about your medical condition(s)?
In the 6+ years since, I’ve realized just how wrong that was.
What wild, unhelpful, or inaccurate things have you been told by your doctors about your medical condition(s)?
Quit being ableist when trying to insult bigots and eugenicists. You are doing their work for them!
May 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Quit being ableist when trying to insult bigots and eugenicists. You are doing their work for them!
So many people are afraid of getting older, but what’s really at the core of that is ableism.
People are afraid of becoming disabled.
People are afraid of becoming disabled.
April 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So many people are afraid of getting older, but what’s really at the core of that is ableism.
People are afraid of becoming disabled.
People are afraid of becoming disabled.
I do this radical thing with my patients where I just believe them when they tell me things, and let me tell you…
✨ MAGIC ✨
Highly recommend.
✨ MAGIC ✨
Highly recommend.
April 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I do this radical thing with my patients where I just believe them when they tell me things, and let me tell you…
✨ MAGIC ✨
Highly recommend.
✨ MAGIC ✨
Highly recommend.
Wearing a mask is an act of community care and, with the current administration, it is an act of resistance.
Get that respirator.
Wear it.
Protect yourself and those around you because the government sure won’t help you if you end up needing it.
Get that respirator.
Wear it.
Protect yourself and those around you because the government sure won’t help you if you end up needing it.
April 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Wearing a mask is an act of community care and, with the current administration, it is an act of resistance.
Get that respirator.
Wear it.
Protect yourself and those around you because the government sure won’t help you if you end up needing it.
Get that respirator.
Wear it.
Protect yourself and those around you because the government sure won’t help you if you end up needing it.
I am disabled.
I am not a warrior.
My body is not a battlefield.
How I feel is not a measure of how hard I fight — or don’t.
We need to stop romanticizing struggle.
I am not a warrior.
My body is not a battlefield.
How I feel is not a measure of how hard I fight — or don’t.
We need to stop romanticizing struggle.
April 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I am disabled.
I am not a warrior.
My body is not a battlefield.
How I feel is not a measure of how hard I fight — or don’t.
We need to stop romanticizing struggle.
I am not a warrior.
My body is not a battlefield.
How I feel is not a measure of how hard I fight — or don’t.
We need to stop romanticizing struggle.
Indoor air quality is a disability rights issue.
Even wearing scented products can make a space inaccessible to some disabled people.
Please be mindful of how the products you use might impact those around you.
Even wearing scented products can make a space inaccessible to some disabled people.
Please be mindful of how the products you use might impact those around you.
March 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Indoor air quality is a disability rights issue.
Even wearing scented products can make a space inaccessible to some disabled people.
Please be mindful of how the products you use might impact those around you.
Even wearing scented products can make a space inaccessible to some disabled people.
Please be mindful of how the products you use might impact those around you.
FYI that you cannot reliably assess neurotransmitter levels in the brain by testing for them in your urine! Don’t get scammed into taking these tests. Their utility is limited at best. I’m tired of patients getting ripped off by providers pushing pseudoscience
March 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
FYI that you cannot reliably assess neurotransmitter levels in the brain by testing for them in your urine! Don’t get scammed into taking these tests. Their utility is limited at best. I’m tired of patients getting ripped off by providers pushing pseudoscience
Try not to hold yourself to ableist standards today, okay?
You deserve rest.
You deserve rest.
March 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Try not to hold yourself to ableist standards today, okay?
You deserve rest.
You deserve rest.
Why do companies assume disabled people have a medical provider who understands their condition, work functions, possible accommodations, and has the time to write up a letter? Most providers have no idea what to do to help with accommodation requests—they aren’t trained in it.
March 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Why do companies assume disabled people have a medical provider who understands their condition, work functions, possible accommodations, and has the time to write up a letter? Most providers have no idea what to do to help with accommodation requests—they aren’t trained in it.
Did you know that getting groceries delivered might actually be better for the planet than going to pick them up yourself?
A study cited in this article discusses how getting items delivered might decrease your carbon footprint relative to driving to the store yourself: npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-…
A study cited in this article discusses how getting items delivered might decrease your carbon footprint relative to driving to the store yourself: npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-…
March 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Did you know that getting groceries delivered might actually be better for the planet than going to pick them up yourself?
A study cited in this article discusses how getting items delivered might decrease your carbon footprint relative to driving to the store yourself: npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-…
A study cited in this article discusses how getting items delivered might decrease your carbon footprint relative to driving to the store yourself: npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-…