splainers Archives – Spooniehacker

Chronic illness and grief - collage artwork of a baby screwing its face up wearing a plastic rainhat. A rain of unsolicited advice comes down on its head from a cloud containing the words: 'you should really try'

Abled people explain things to me: chronic illness and grief

Part three of our series on ablesplaining tackles the connection between chronic illness, unsolicited advice and grief
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by Max Plaise • 2nd May 2020

Chronic illness and grief - collage artwork of a baby screwing its face up wearing a plastic rainhat. A rain of unsolicited advice comes down on its head from a cloud containing the words: 'you should really try'

Abled people explain things to me, part ii

How to avoid becoming the topic of a justified rant (and keep your spoonie friends)
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by Max Plaise • 4th November 2018

Chronic illness and grief - collage artwork of a baby screwing its face up wearing a plastic rainhat. A rain of unsolicited advice comes down on its head from a cloud containing the words: 'you should really try'

Abled people explain things to me

Like the Spoonie Carrie Bradshaw, I couldn’t help but wonder.
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by Max Plaise • 7th October 2018

What the spoonies in your life wish they could tell you

Is a click on the heart emoji so difficult?
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by Lumin Heks • 7th October 2018

A collage of a children's birthday party. Around the guests' heads are thought bubbles representing the different things to take into account when planning a spoonier-friendly hangout

How to make your hangouts spoonie-friendly

One of the best ways you can be an ally to your chronically ill friends
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by Emily GrowEatGift • 7th October 2018