In an undergraduate class, Max and other students were asked to divide to different portions of the room based on different identity markers. However, there was one marker that was conspicuously absent: those with disabilities. For today’s reader essay, Max describes her life with diabetes, and how people like her with disabilities — invisible or otherwise — are often unconsidered in policy discussions. You can read the full piece here.
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