Here With Us
If you have lived experience with a mobility aid or medical device, you aren’t alone, even though sometimes it can feel that way. We hope to make the world a more accepting, inclusive, and educated place for those that have medical devices "here with us" by publishing a digital anthology built by a community of medical device/mobility aid users.
Here With Us is looking to share your experiences, good and bad, through art, poetry, prose, or multimedia. The goal of the anthology is to have a resource for those of us living with medical devices to feel less alone. We want your true experiences to show through, whether they be good, bad, prideful or shy.​
We are looking for submissions of the following mediums:
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Poetry or Prose
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Lyrical Music
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Photography
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Collage or multimedia pieces
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Scanned paintings, drawings, watercolor, digital art or artwork
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3D pieces (adornments to medical devices/handmade mobility device decorations)
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Letters to a younger self or someone else living with a medical device
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The submissions can utilize the these optional guiding questions:
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How has wearing a medical device/using a mobility aid made you feel?
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How do you experience your medical device/mobility aid?
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After collecting submissions over several months, we will publish the anthology digitally and distribute the publication to disability studies programs, clinics, and nonprofits. This anthology is a place to share true experiences, and will hopefully be a tool for community members, educators, and youth to see themselves.
We are receiving submissions until our tentative deadline: June 1st, 2026.
You may access the interest form by filling it out below or opening it through this link.
If you need additional time, please indicate so in the interest form.
Questions can be directed to mayfarres@gmail.com.
We look forward to hearing from you!
May Farres (she/her)
Volume Editor
May is a graphic novelist, artist, and diabetic woman living in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal.
She has released two books in partnership with the Diabetes Hope Foundation, a graphic novel titled Daisy Doodle: Daisy’s Daily Adventures, and an interactive multimedia journal.
She is dedicated to inclusion and centering chronically ill and disabled voices in her work. She hopes to create a more accessible and empathetic world.
Jessica King (she/they)
Associate Editor
Jessica has two bachelor degrees in creative writing and comparative world literature, driven by her passion for personal narratives and storytelling. She has served in leadership roles for literary magazines, including Managing Editor for Cypress College's Sole Image Creative Arts Journal for two years and Accessibility Coordinator for DREAM-U Zine since January 2025. As Executive Director, she is proud to offer her skills as Associate Editor and WDDA as the publisher for Here With Us.
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Having newly acquired a mobility device to accommodate her physical disability, Jessica is relearning how to navigate the world and reshaping her understanding of accessibility. Searching for curb cuts, elevators, ramps, and safe slopes, she reaffirm in her advocacy efforts that schools, workplaces, grocery stores, and every public building needs to be equitably accessible for every body.