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Issue #4:
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Issue #3:
Spotlight
Thumbs Down to Pity! - Meet Benjamin Snow
Kevin Frost - A Deaf-Blind Speed Skater...with Olympic ambitions! (Version 2)
Featured Interview #1 - Donna Williams interviews Lewis Schofield
My Four Weeks On Another Planet, by Brian Segal
About Meth: The Production - a featured play by Headlines Theatre
Departments
Stress: Anna Quon and the Healing Power of Work
Unstrange Minds: A Very Personal Story About Autism
The Men's Meeting: Dave Roche Strikes Again!
Cufflinks For Sale: The Bipolar Rabbi Who Has Risen and Fallen and Risen Again
Please Don't Count Food Points in Front of the Children - by LA Crompton (Version 2)
The Pursuit of Reality: Stuart Baker-Brown on Delusions
39 Pounds of Love: The Story of One Man's Courageous Journey
Finding a Level Place: A Photo Slideshow by Joel Walker, M.D.
Breaking My Silence: Mara McWilliams Reports on Family Estrangement
Themes
Some Musings on Using a Wheelchair, by Brian Segal (Version 2)
Mental Health: My Favourite Gift, by Anna Quon
Mommy’s Funny Medicine, by Russell Barth and Christine Lowe
Green Onions, Yellow Onions, Self-Esteem and Murder, by Lynne Murray (Version 2)
Too Tired For Insomnia, by Brian Segal
Diseased Culture, a poem by LA Crompton
Beauty Contest, a poem by LA Crompton
Liberty, a poem by LA Crompton
Freud’s a Dick, a poem by LA Crompton
mePOD, by Joci Caven - column #4
CampaignWatch
Peaceful Schools International
What “irks” you? (a reader poll)
Irked & Accessibility: Our Pledge to Try Harder
Issue #2:
Spotlight
Stuart Baker-Brown on Love, Work, & Identity
Read about “Rong Radio” by Benjamin Zephaniah
Mercy Now: Read about Mary Gauthier
The Gospel According to Reverend Dave Roche
From Writing to Writer, by Donna Williams
Friendly Versus Friends, by Donna Williams (Version 2)
Departments
My (Mal) Adapted Van, or A Tale of Three Cities (Version 2)
What Am I Doing Here? A Father-Son Email Dialogue
Personalized Novelty Documents by Michele Glaser
Irked Objects: A Fresh Perspective, by Sacha Vigeant
Surfing the Waste: A Musical Documentary About Dumpster Diving
Blindkiss: Hilarious Audio Bites by Damon & Sara
Interfaith Folk Songs with Jody Kessler
Irked Theme Songs Contest!
Themes
Miracle Cures! by Brian Segal (Version 2)
STAND STILL, LADDIE! by Garrett Sax
Comfortably Numb: Marijuana and Hyperactivity Disorder, by Garrett Sax
Come On, It’s Easy! Why a Simple Task Took a Year to Master, by Donna Williams
mePOD, by Joci Caven - column #2
mePOD, by Joci Caven - column #3
CampaignWatch
Why Should We Save The Fraser-Hickson Library?
Issue #1:
Spotlight
Cold Turkey, an essay by Karen Stuebing
Recovery, an essay by Karen Stuebing
A Tale of Two Mountains: Stuart’s Story
All About THALIDOMIDE!! A Musical
Living with Asperger’s Syndrome: Muses by Lewis Schofield
Departments
The Germ Freak's Guide to Life, by Allison Janse
Debbie's Story, by Debbie RedWine
Requiem for a Care Provider, by Hal Newman
Sometimes Two Goldfish in a Bowl Are Enough, by James Geary
Facially Disfigured, Spiritually Aligned - Meet David Roche (Version 2)
Themes
Don’t Need to Stand to Rise, by Mark E. Smith AKA “The Wheelchair Junkie”
Stunt Cripple, by Mark E. Smith AKA “The Wheelchair Junkie”
Las Vegas Friends, by Mark E. Smith AKA “The Wheelchair Junkie”
On a Roll: Reflections from America's Wheelchair Dude, by Greg Smith
Why Do You See Only One of Me? by Anonymous
Much More Than Bipolar, a poem by Mara McWilliams
Life of a Bipolar, a poem by Mara McWilliams
Bipolar Parenting, an article by Mara McWilliams
My Old Companion, by Thérèse
37 years and counting, by Louise Timmons
Top 10 Ways To Cut the Cancer Conversation Short
Top 10 Worst Responses If Someone Tells You They Have Cancer
Top 10 Ways To Break The Ice With Your Nurse
Anorexic-Bulimic Lies, a poem by Mara McWilliams
mePOD, Introducing Joci Caven! - column #1
CampaignWatch
Our Irked Welcome Note
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Irked’s Mission Statement
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