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Chronic illness

Ill-Informed: The inert fear of forever

February 10, 2017 By SIN Staff

Ill-Informed: The inert fear of forever

I was merely five years old when I first remember developing a fear of cows, though my mother will argue that it began long before that. Living on a dairy farm in Kerry was challenging when I made the very essence of my surroundings into a force for fear. There is VHS evidence of me howling at a hedge at the age of five because I could hear the cows at the other side. Hear, not … [Read more...] about Ill-Informed: The inert fear of forever

Ill-informed: The Great College Game

January 31, 2017 By SIN Staff

Ill-informed: The Great College Game

The second installment of SIN’s newest column ‘Ill-informed’, written by Jennifer O’Connor, a member of the Disability Support Services in NUI Galway.  I think that it is safe to say that so many of us have played the game Monopoly as children, and perhaps more competitively as adults. My first memory of playing the game is losing spectacularly to my father at the age of … [Read more...] about Ill-informed: The Great College Game

Ill-informed: The spectrum of understanding

January 26, 2017 By SIN Staff

Ill-informed: The spectrum of understanding

This is the first installment of SIN's newest column 'Ill-informed', written by Jennifer O'Connor, a member of the Disability Support Services in NUI Galway. So many facets of life are described in terms of spectrums. A spectrum is thought of by many as a scale of progression describing colours, life stages and on occasion, disability, or illness. For those with such … [Read more...] about Ill-informed: The spectrum of understanding

College with a chronic illness

October 25, 2016 By SIN Staff

College with a chronic illness

I have nothing else to give. This thought crosses my mind at least five times during the average college day. Being realistic, every college student probably thinks that around week six of the semester anyway. But for a student with a chronic illness this thought, the concept of giving up, runs much deeper and holds an honesty which is, frankly, painful to … [Read more...] about College with a chronic illness

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