Alyssa and I speak about how an undiagnosed brain deformation from birth led to chronic pain and continually needing to advocate for herself to get answers (and how it's made her an amazing advocate for others as a postpartum doula and her work with ethical fashion brand ABLE). We talk about mourning a life we worked for and if there isn't a shiny life lesson at the end of hard things it doesn't mean you've failed. Some things are just hard.

Some advocates against ableism that Alyssa sent over are listed below:

Rebekah Tuassig, writer of Sitting Prettyhttps://rebekahtaussig.com/portfolio/sitting-pretty/

Nina @nina_tame

Carson Tueller @carson_tueller

Alex Day @wheelchair_rapunzel