This Disabled Enabler
5 min readSep 4, 2021
Why I Continue to Teach After A Life Shattering Diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Life is full of defining decisions, and it would seem that mine is fuller than most these days. I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in 2019. The news that I have an incurable autoimmune disease with only one goal, putting me in a wheelchair, would have been enough, but oh no, I got a diagnosis of Celiac in the same week.
