Disabled, Black, Female, and Queer: The View from ‘the Bottom of the Barrel’People still ask Tiffany Porter when she...
Disparities 2nd Edition Articles
Mia Robinson
Turning Pain and Tragedy into AdvocacyFor Mia Robinson, every day is planned around chronic pain. “How I move in life...
Manisha Gupta, PhD
From Scientist to Patient: When Health Care Equity Becomes a Personal Struggle Manisha Gupta, 39, has battled a...
Lorrie Starr, PhD
Through Pain, a Profusion of Hard-Earned LessonsIf Lorrie Starr were to write a book about her life, she’d call it...
Jacob & John Smith
Young Twins Navigating Pain TogetherThe idea of having a child who lives with chronic pain is unbearable to a parent....
Grace Chappell
Combating the Stereotype of the ‘Angry Black Woman’One day in 2021, without warning, Grace Chappell couldn’t speak....
Dina Thachet
Formerly Hesitant to Question Doctors, She Now Speaks Up for OthersUntil she was 19, Dina Thachet was “100% healthy,”...
David Simpson
Staying Upright—And Helping Others Stand, TooIn 2008, David Simpson was at a capoeira class. This Brazilian martial...
Christin Veasley
Fighting for Women in PainChristin Veasley knows what it feels like to wonder whether there’s a point in getting out...
Charis Hill
Pain Paves an Unlikely Path to Becoming WholeCharis Hill, 35, delights in wordplay. As a person who identifies as...