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[hungryghosts]

Still *absolutely* flattened, but resurfacing for a bit to share a neat thing we found: a free zine of poetry and practical advice for disabled people, by a disabled person.

'Your Life Is Not Over: A Book Of Apocalypses And How To Survive Them' is a zine for newly sick and disabled people (or people who have been here a while and are struggling), with poetry and practical tips.

The tips are the things I wish I'd known twenty years ago, which disabled people often have to learn on their own through painful experience, about dealing with doctors, rest, building systems to manage your condition, and more.

The poetry centres on the fact that we are told so few stories about what disabled lives look like, and they're almost always from abled people's imaginations. We don't get told the stories of adapting, having a happy life while still sick and sore and tired. I have tried to tell some of our real stories of coping with grief and rage and then getting on with living.'

Zine can be read online for free here: http://web.archive.org/web/20211201223646/https://www.hysteria-abdn.co.uk/fiona-robertson

A physical copy can be purchased for £5 (plus shipping) here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1114014672/your-life-is-not-over-a-zine-for-newly

Some thoughts by the creator on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/FionaSnp/status/1465583174956814340

Comments

[lb_lee]

Uh, I know it's been a year, but the link to the free zine you have here goes to some very sketchy site that tries to install an add-on now. hysteria-abdn.co/uk no longer seems to exist.

EDIT: this link seems to be good: http://web.archive.org/web/20211201223646/https://www.hysteria-abdn.co.uk/fiona-robertson

[hungryghosts]

Yikes! Thanks for the catch!

[lb_lee]

Mori: No problem, not your fault the website went down in such a short amount of time!