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From the moment she first leapt off a flying trapeze platform as an 8-year-old, Jacqueline Nager loved circus arts. Pretty soon, she was spending her summers at Circus Arts Camp, eventually becoming a counselor. “I had the best time there,” says Nager. While researching for a journalism class assignment as an undergrad at Swarthmore College, Nager stumbled across the Circus Arts Institute in … [Read more...] about Medical clowning is serious business

This blog post was written by Los Angeles Fellow Allie Schmiesing who is an Occupational Therapy student at the University of Southern California. It was originally published in Neutrois Nonsense, a blog about people who identify as nonbinary. I opened up my browser to the Google Hangouts homepage and sat staring at it for a few moments filled with nervous anticipation. I was meeting Charlie … [Read more...] about Patients & Providers: Binders Of Our Own

Providing quality medical care to people who are chronically homeless requires skills not often taught in med school. Their medical needs are often complex, with multiple co-morbidities exacerbated by the instability and hardship of life on the street. And it takes empathy and patience for a doctor to build trust with a person who is part of a vulnerable, marginalized population. But with … [Read more...] about Providing regular care for people who are homeless