The thing about illness and uprisings is that they both show up as surprises when they’re not. Illness, debility, disability, a pronounced dependency, are the most inevitable, the least surprising, the most commonly held experiences for every living being. Why do they appear so untimely? In one way, the answer is obvious: it’s just ableism that makes us turn away from this thing we share. But it’s also interesting to think about the form of this surprise, what it is to be jolted by what was there, is always there, all along.
