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Johnny K. in Human Parts

My Cousin’s Body Decomposed in a Field — Just Like She Wanted

A Unique and Inspiring Life

Eric Filipkowski in Human Parts

A diagram of a patient’s cardiovascular system sketched on glass by a surgeon.

Fast Times At The Near-Death Hotel

My varying degrees of success with open-heart surgeries

Fabio Cerpelloni in Human Parts

Falling in Love with Multiple Sclerosis

A personal reflection on loving my partner and her disease

Sangeeta Kalsi in Human Parts

It took being in a wheelchair to learn how to ask for help

I still don’t wish a lack of access on…

Cai Emmons in Human Parts

LIVED THROUGH THIS

Drooling Woman with Inner Life

Living with ALS has changed the way…

Matthew B. Johnson in Human Parts

How I Broke My Neck and Became a Quadriplegic

16 years ago my entire life changed in an instant

Sarah Stankorb in Human Parts

How I Learned to Trust My Voice After I Lost It

When my physical voice failed, I had to learn that I deserve to be heard

Devon Price in Human Parts

Humans 101

Sympathy for the Narcissist

Can we stop maligning people with a highly…

Dr. Dédé in Human Parts

This Is Us

As a Black Woman, I’m Either Hyper Visible or Utterly Unseen

I’m a complex, multidimensional person, and deserve to be seen as such

zipporah arielle in Human Parts

Lived Through This

Learning to Get Comfortable Talking About My Shit

On Crohn’s disease, desirability, and internalized disableism