![]() Just as quickly as I connected with other disabled physicians, I also figured out how rare it was to see a doctor openly speaking about their disabilities. ![]() And in those first few months after my illness, I also met other young disabled physicians: fellow cancer or stroke survivors who told me about navigating residency training and illness other migraineurs who'd also hid their symptoms those with medical trauma, navigating working within a system that hurt them. Luckily, I ended up in disability-centered spaces, working alongside other young disabled people who supported me as I educated myself on disability and identity, disability history, and the disability rights movement. ![]() I had to work through a lot of internalized ableism, including the many negative perceptions of disability I'd learned throughout my medical training. It took a while before I felt comfortable using the term to describe myself. I'm also a young adult cancer survivor and a stroke survivor. I care for children, adolescents, and young adults with epilepsy, headache disorders, cerebral palsy, autism, and a variety of other chronic neurological conditions and developmental disabilities. I'm a physician, a pediatric neurologist at a busy academic institution.
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