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    Co-Caretaking For Disabled Couples
    jem z.
    • Mar 27
    • 3 min

    Co-Caretaking For Disabled Couples

    At 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...
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    There is no cure for autism
    jem z.
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    There is no cure for autism

    No Cure This essay was originally published in 2018 with Argot Magazine, which is no longer active. I have revised the piece to represent...
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    How My Family Is Learning to Heal After 25 Years of Abuse
    jem z.
    • Jul 17, 2019
    • 6 min

    How My Family Is Learning to Heal After 25 Years of Abuse

    It’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.
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    gay, trans, and disabled in detroit
    jem z.
    • Jan 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    gay, trans, and disabled in detroit

    hey! 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...
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    neuroDifferent
    jem z.
    • Dec 12, 2017
    • 2 min

    neuroDifferent

    it is very hard to be neurodivergent. you are the cigarette butt of every community you might seek solace in, and considered disposable...
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    autistic, and the journey
    jem z.
    • Dec 6, 2017
    • 3 min

    autistic, and the journey

    No 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...
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