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Ryan Prior

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Writer at Freelance

@Kennedy_School MPA class of 2025. Author of “The Long Haul” book on #LongCovid (@mitpress) Words: @psychtoday @CNN @tcfdotorg @thenation @statnews @guardian

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  • The Special Ed Pioneer Who Still Haunts Psychology

    2 weeks ago | psychologytoday.com | Ryan Prior

    The status of disabled people in society today can be seen through the tortured life of one largely forgotten man. Harvard Kennedy School professor Alex Green spent the last decade researching 20th-century psychiatrist and educational pioneer Walter Fernald for his new biography A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled.

  • The Special Ed Pioneer Who Still Haunts Psychology - Ryan Prior

    2 weeks ago | qoshe.com | Ryan Prior

  • Taxing Social Media Ads Might Help Us Get Our Attention Back

    1 month ago | psychologytoday.com | Ryan Prior

    Forget oil or data. Could attention actually be the most valuable commodity in modern life? That question underlies MSNBC host Chris Hayes’ new book The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource. And it’s one you ought to remember the next time you feel your phone buzz in your pocket. “Attention is the stuff of consciousness itself, where we choose to place our mind’s focus at any given moment,” Hayes writes.

  • The Struggles of Finding Effective Care for Psychosomatic and Complex Chronic Conditions in Today’s Medical System

    Dec 5, 2024 | teaandzen.substack.com | Ryan Prior |Nigel Lott

    This is a significant part of my journey over many years. Blessed with a strong aptitude for research and development, as well as the ability to self-advocate, I have navigated through complex, persistent symptoms and ultimately found a path toward healing. My approach has drawn from a wide range of disciplines, each contributing to my understanding and recovery.

  • The Long Haul: Solving the Puzzle of the Pandemic's Long Haulers and How They Are Changing Healthcare Forever

    Aug 22, 2024 | audiobooks.com | Ryan Prior

    To the world's public health authorities, Covid-19 would either be a deadly disease for some, or it would be a simple respiratory illness for most-cleared up in a couple of weeks. But then tens of millions around the world got sick and stayed sick. With scientists and doctors caught off guard, these patients often found solace only in themselves, organizing support groups across continents while ill in bed.

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