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EMDR and Chronic Illness: What Changes When Your Client's Body Is Already in a Fight

I live with lupus. I have for most of my adult life. I also work with clients who live with chronic and invisible illness — and I've been doing this long enough to notice how different EMDR looks with this population compared to what's typically taught in basic training.

I want to talk about some of those differences.

The window of tolerance is already working harder

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Racial Equity, Equity, Equality, Accessibility, Disability, Invisible Illness, Illness, Chronic Illness, Invisible Disability Erica Smith Racial Equity, Equity, Equality, Accessibility, Disability, Invisible Illness, Illness, Chronic Illness, Invisible Disability Erica Smith

When I say “Equity” You Think…?

Accessibility and equity are intrinsically connected. …The fact of the matter is, without access there is no equity. Without equity, we will never be truly accessible. Yet we continue to isolate these conversations.

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Let’s rethink accessibility

What’s your immediate definition when you hear the word “accessibility”?...What if we recognized that living with a disability, illness, invisible illness, or however you may categorize it - has a culture of it’s own. There are norms and qualities that only people within the community may experience. There are also ways we as a society can practice cultural humility around these lived experiences.

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