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Rest as a productive act

I’m a member of an online support group for the autoimmune condition I have and one of the recently diagnosed people wrote a post about how hard it is to…
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Posted inDisability management slow librarianship Time Work Work-life balance

Toxic comparison, time poverty, and a manager’s duty of care

I haven’t written anything in a while because it’s been a really hard few months. My health has taken a turn for the worse with a new condition – also…
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Posted inDisability librarianship Work

The Crushing Mental Load of Disability

Photo credit: Statue Atlas by PeterKraayvanger on Pixabay This isn’t the essay I was planning to publish next. I’ve been working on an essay about the lack of solidarity around…
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