two best friends with the same rare disease living their best lives
we’re just two best friends with the same rare disease living our best lives.
join us on our journey to show the beauty and normalcy in disability. from navigating social situations with low vision to our love for fashion, we’ll invite you into our unique chronically ill, plant loving, cane using, home decorating, accessibility advocating world. we can’t wait for you to come along!
— Casey & Cassandra
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Case + Cass talk about the importance of community in attending conferences for their various conditions. They share memories and laugh about seeing people holding their phones close to their face… just like them!
by Cassandra Mendez · Published March 29, 2022 · Last modified July 22, 2026
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Case + Cass debunk common “albino” myths and stereotypes. Do people with albinism really have red eyes or magic powers?
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Case + Cass talk about their condos and favorite home decor styles. They describe the rooms in their homes and their future decorating plans.
Chronic illness / Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome / Rare episodes / Storytime
by Cassandra Mendez · Published March 1, 2022 · Last modified July 22, 2026
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Cass + Case tell wild, potentially embarrassing stories on their experiences with chronic illness. This one might get TMI with blood, vomit, urine, and poop, so listen at your own risk!
by Cassandra Mendez · Published February 15, 2022 · Last modified July 22, 2026
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Cass + Case talk about the confusing world of wearing glasses as blind people and how they think people perceive them.
Flair episodes / Rare episodes / Storytime
by Cassandra Mendez · Published February 1, 2022 · Last modified July 22, 2026
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Case + Cass talk about the jobs they’ve had throughout their lives and times they’ve experienced discrimination. They also talk about dream jobs they would never have.
Advocacy / Rare episodes / Vision
by Cassandra Mendez · Published January 18, 2022 · Last modified July 22, 2026
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Case + Cass talk about their journey with self-advocacy and what they might say to their younger selves.
Flair episodes / Year in review
by Cassandra Mendez · Published December 28, 2021 · Last modified July 22, 2026
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Cass + Case talk about their Spotify wrapped top artists and their 2021 highlights by season.
by Cassandra Mendez · Published December 14, 2021 · Last modified July 22, 2026
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Cass + Case take a more “rare” approach to Christmas this year and talk about buying gifts and going to festivities with low vision. They also talk about their plans for this Christmas.
Flair episodes / Friendship / Mini episodes
by Cassandra Mendez · Published November 30, 2021 · Last modified July 22, 2026
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Casey + Cassandra ask each other questions to see who knows whom best. They also take a Buzzfeed quiz on what type of friendship they have.