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Anna Holmes

Loving Pippin

I have a controversial dog.

7 min readApr 3, 2024

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Anna Holmes

Disability Dos and Don’ts: An Etiquette Primer

Oftentimes I find that abled people are uncomfortable and don’t know how to act around disabled folks. Or worse, they assume they know how…

5 min readFeb 22, 2024

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Anna Holmes

Some Finer Details I Wish People Knew About Living with a Disability

I won’t call them small details, because they’re not, but they’re seldom noticed.

9 min readFeb 8, 2024

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Anna Holmes

Faking It: When Everyone’s an Expert

I am a perfect storm of diagnoses that people just don’t believe. I have fibromyalgia and ME/CFS due to long COVID. I am not your classical…

6 min readNov 30, 2023

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Anna Holmes

How to Help Out A Bedbound or Housebound Loved One

Sometimes, illnesses and injuries leave a friend stuck in bed or at home for an amount of time. That time might be short, it might be…

5 min readOct 14, 2023

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Anna Holmes

Ways to Support a Chronically Ill Loved One

There are as many ways to be chronically ill as there are to be human. There are people who struggle silently and seem to live seamlessly…

4 min readOct 12, 2023

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Anna Holmes

When Dreams Come True

CW: sexual assault

5 min readOct 5, 2023

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Anna Holmes

Long COVID and relating

Before I begin, I am not writing this to complain. I am writing so that people who may not have a clue learn more about long COVID, what it…

8 min readOct 23, 2022

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Anna Holmes

I’m still partially locked down. Here’s what I need you to know.

Hi, abled people. It’s me, a disabled colleague. You like to think about me occasionally when it suits a narrative (you sure love your…

4 min readJun 20, 2022

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Anna Holmes

Order the Damn Masks Already: An Open Letter to Joe Biden, Jay Inslee, and the CDC

Esteemed officials:

5 min readJul 23, 2021

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Anna Holmes

Anna Holmes

Anna is a YA and adult fantasy author and disability rights advocate living in the Pacific Northwest. She likes over analyzing nerd stuff and libraries.

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