It took being in a wheelchair to learn how to ask for help
I still don’t wish a lack of access on anybody
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9 min readOct 20, 2023
It is a beautiful September morning, the year is 2021, and I’m crawling to the intercom in my florentine apartment to let the paramedics in. In my delirium I couldn’t remember my own name or where my IDs were when they asked. I speak six languages and couldn’t find words in any of them…