Rachel Dlugatch

Nov 29, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Rachel Dlugatch |David Rankin |Mark Evans |Nick Oliver

Inequities in access to diabetes technologies amongst children and young people (CYP) from the most and least deprived areas and from white and ethnic minority groups continue to widen in the United Kingdom. Despite healthcare professionals acting as technology gatekeepers, their perspectives have been underreported.

Sep 4, 2024 | audacity.substack.com | Rachel Dlugatch

Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “On Believing” by Rachel Dlugatch. Originally from the Central Coast of California and now based in the UK, Rachel is a researcher and emerging writer with ME/CFS. Rachel holds a DPhil in anthropology from the University of Oxford (which took her twice as long as it was “meant to”), and she wrote this essay from bed.

Jul 18, 2023 | longreads.com | Rachel Dlugatch

I recently recommended a novel to a friend with my highest form of praise, one I assumed would make her take it from my hands without hesitation. It moved me to tears, I said, holding the book in my palms like a sacred offering. Crying has accompanied some of the most profound moments of my life. An airport farewell with no promise of reunion. Getting accepted into my dream university. Heartbreak. Daydreaming about the future. Losing a pet. Adopting a new one.