When a chronic illness left me housebound,I never thought I’d be doing research and writing papers again. It’s given me back my identityLast week I submitted a paper to a top journal in my field. I have another two in the pipeline, a request from an editor to referee an article and a conference talk to prepare. So far, or this probably sounds like the typical life of an academic.
But I’m not employed as an academic. Actually I’m not employed at all. I have a chronic illness that has left me nearly totally housebound. So am I still an academic?
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Source: theguardian.com