jem z.Mar 273 minCo-Caretaking For Disabled CouplesAt 3:30 AM, my wife helps me crawl out of bed and hobble to the bathroom. She supports me when I sit down, and walks me back to bed. I...
jem z.Apr 27, 20216 minThere is no cure for autismNo Cure This essay was originally published in 2018 with Argot Magazine, which is no longer active. I have revised the piece to represent...
jem z.Jul 17, 20196 minHow My Family Is Learning to Heal After 25 Years of AbuseIt’s not quite been two years since the last time I spoke to him. He is out of my life, but stays a ghost in my head.
jem z.Jan 16, 20191 mingay, trans, and disabled in detroithey! i don't update this too much (oops) but a development popped up a few months ago: a journalistic article written about me and my...
jem z.Dec 12, 20172 minneuroDifferentit is very hard to be neurodivergent. you are the cigarette butt of every community you might seek solace in, and considered disposable...
jem z.Dec 6, 20173 minautistic, and the journeyNo one wonders if I might be autistic until I’m 25. My brother was diagnosed as a kid, and Daryl used my mum’s speculations about his...