Sarah Lee

There was a time in my life where I had been in a relationship for about four years. After this relationship fell apart I began to dissect it and realized...

I’ve loved journaling since I was a kid. Whether it was a secret diary stored in that special hiding spot or a notepad filled with letters, quotes and scattered doodles...

Right before Covid hit I had made the hard decision to apply for Ontario Disability (ODSP) and quit my job. I had been considering it for months as my symptoms...

Building connections with others is one of the most special components of the human experience. Our connection, bonds, and memories with those who understand us is what makes life sparkle...

My biggest regret over the last 16 years of being chronically ill is this: I wish I had assembled a team of medical experts early into my diagnosis. If there...

Getting diagnosed with AS really young left me growing up not being fully aware of what it meant to live a life of autoimmunity. At that age, most of what...

Years ago I remember talking to some friends about what we envisioned for our futures—how our lives would look by the ages of 20, 25, 27… I remember saying that...

It’s a misconstrued assumption that those who have spent years with an illness eventually unlock some secret in managing it. I’m here to say that simply just isn’t true. There...

Keeping up with the boundaries and limitations can often be challenging. When everyone we know is out with friends and family, or going for long walks in the trails of...

Disabled individuals endure many challenges throughout life. Living with an illness is exhausting both physically and mentally from a range of symptoms, attending a handful of appointments, and reoccurring flare-ups...

My journey through living with chronic fatigue started about a year and a half ago. I can’t remember the exact day—everything seems to blend together these days. It truly felt...

Dear able-bodied individuals, If you lived in my shoes for just one day, you would understand—the trauma, the sacrifices I have to make, the constant pressure to perform more abled...

I’ve had many different chapters in my life—I was diagnosed with AS when I was nine—and I was incredibly ill until I was 16. I spent the next eight years...

I have dreams, though they may sound simple. I have dreams of laying in a vibrant field of grass with the warmth of the sun beaming onto my face. I...

Our advocate Sarah Lee lives with ankylosing spondylitis and used her experience with a chronic invisible illness as inspiration for her poem, "Trapped." Listen to her spoken word performance in...

It wasn’t very often, if I even did at all, that I thought about what it would be like if I came out of remission. Transitioning into this new way...

After 16 years of living with a dynamic disability, I am only just scraping the surface of learning what it means to me. Coping with pain is difficult for anyone...

I am making more space for things that are good for me. I am temporarily separating myself from the ideology of productivity so that I can redefine what it means...

Every morning I wake up immediately feeling the fire behind my eyes and think to myself, “Time to do the same thing as yesterday…” The only motivation for getting out...

We live in an age where people glorify productivity at an unhealthy volume. The “hustle” can’t stop and if you do, well, according to those who lead this kind of...