How Trump’s second presidency has affected one mentally disabled man
By Jack Bragen on 'I don’t know whether the world will continue to have room for me, or for other people like me.'
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Neurodivergent people have limited options for supportive care
By Jack Bragen on "Survival, if we have to do it alone, is not easy, and it is not getting easier. "
Life with cognitive differences
By Jack Bragen on "...we need more people to understand that even though we may be suffering from an illness, we are not 'less than,' but people just like them."
The ‘unemployable’ also have a right to exist
By Jack Bragen on I’m disabled and I’m unable to make it in a conventional job. I’m facing very hard challenges at this point in life.
The terror that comes with being poor, aging, disabled
By Jack Bragen on Fear is a constant burden for people living in poverty, but it can also be a helpful guide.
The power of one’s voice as a nonviolent form of self-defense
By Jack Bragen on Your voice can be a useful tool of self-defense when a situation begins to escalate, Bragen writes.
A government must—
By Jack Bragen on Jack Bragen reflects on the government's responsibility to protect its people.
Emerging from psychosis is like a revelation
By Jack Bragen on Jack Bragen writes about the experience of emerging from a period of psychosis, using his own experience as a guide.
Beneath the grass, the sprinklers, and the frogs
By Jack Bragen on For cover, I inhabited the biggest of the frogs. But then I...realized that I was about to be eaten, too, and this would truly be my end.
Money can be used as a weapon
By Jack Bragen on Money brings power. While it doesn’t give power over oneself, it gives power over external conditions, events, and people.
There is not enough hope for older people with disabilities who are looking for work
By Jack Bragen on There are many causes of unemployability. Being disabled and older, and not having a college degree are near the top of the list.