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Disability & Determination

Once upon a time there lived a disabled forty-something trying to maneuver mental health, relationships, a global pandemic, getting older, and day-to-day life. This is her story...

Newsletter · By Jackie (she/her) · English · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
13
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Issue · Oct 1, 2026

    Why Living with a Disability is Still Hard (opens the original)

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    Disability and Determination is a weekly newsletter about my experience navigating life with a rare disability. If you like this post, feel free to give a click on the ❤️ symbol below. This will help me get discovered by others on Substack. To be notified of future posts, drop your email in the field at the bottom and click the Subscribe button. If you’d like to further contribute, I also offer a paid subscription option (that includes extra monthly content), or you can Buy Me a Coffee<

  2. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    My Disability Origin Story (opens the original)

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    Disability and Determination is a weekly newsletter about my experience navigating life with a rare disability. If you like this post, feel free to give a click on the ❤️ symbol below. This will help me get discovered by others on Substack. To be notified of future posts, drop your email in the field at the bottom and click the Subscribe button. If you’d like to further contribute, I also offer a paid subscription option (that includes extra monthly content), or you can Buy Me a Coffee</spa

  3. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    On Birthdays (Revisited) (opens the original)

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    Disability and Determination is a weekly newsletter about my experience navigating life with a rare disability. If you like this post, feel free to give a click on the ❤️ symbol below. This will help me get discovered by others on Substack. To be notified of future posts, drop your email in the field at the bottom and click the Subscribe button. If you’d like to further contribute, I also offer a paid subscription option (that includes extra monthly content), or you can Buy Me a Coffe

  4. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    On Missing the Days (opens the original)

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    “I didn’t know I was living in the days I would eventually miss.”This is a sentence written by Keisha Greaves, CEO of Girls Chronically Rock and a fellow muscular dystrophy-er.I’ve talked previously about how much I miss my pre-COVID life. I miss where I lived. I miss the freedom of going indoors to a place and not knowing there could be a destructive virus hanging in the air&

  5. Issue · Sep 3, 2026

    The Disability Tax (opens the original)

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    Disability and Determination is a weekly newsletter about my experience navigating life with a rare disability. If you like this post, feel free to give a click on the ❤️ symbol below. This will help me get discovered by others on Substack. To be notified of future posts, drop your email in the field at the bottom and click the Subscribe button. If you’d like to further contribute, I also offer a paid subscription option (that includes extra monthly content), or you can Buy Me a Coffee<

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