118. “do you want us to spell our disease’s name for you?”
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Case + Cass talk healthcare advocacy, teaching doctors, and navigating the medical world with vision impairment + rare disease.
Blindness / Disability / Episodes / Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
by Cassandra Mendez · Published April 29, 2025 · Last modified April 30, 2025
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Case + Cass talk healthcare advocacy, teaching doctors, and navigating the medical world with vision impairment + rare disease.
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Case + Cass talk about the grocery delivery services they use, shocking mishaps, and the kindest shoppers who went above and beyond.
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Case + Cass share how they pay it forward, from thanking friends for rides to showing care for loved ones in thoughtful ways.
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Case & Cass share frustrating discrimination experiences—rideshare denials, job stories, and some shocking, never-told moments.
by Cassandra Mendez · Published August 6, 2024 · Last modified September 6, 2024
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Case + Cass share their humiliating experience trying to get the DAS pass accommodation on their recent trip to Disneyland.
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Case + Cass touch on what oversharing looks like and how they used to give too much information about their health and life.
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Case + Cass talk candidly about living with chronic illness. They touch on what it’s like be both sick and healthy and celebrate small wins.
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Case + Cass give gift suggestions for the blind, low vision, chronically ill, or any person in your life in time for the holiday season
Blindness / Disability / Episodes
by Cassandra Mendez · Published October 24, 2023 · Last modified February 2, 2024
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Cass and Case process how they think others perceive them, how they perceive themselves, and how they perceive others with their disabilities
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Case + Cass talk about the very specific, disability-related topics they chat about frequently that other people may not understand.