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Month: January 2026

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“Your blood work is normal” An all too familiar tale of medical misogyny

For decades, disabled writer and campaigner Emma Robinson has experience chronic pain and chronic illness. But for decades, she experienced medical gaslighting and mysogyny.
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Should we be calling disabilities “invisible” and “hidden”?

The terms "hidden" and "invisible" disabilities are used a lot. But in the medical system, could they be causing more harm than good?