Jennifer Handt

Cognoscenti contributor

Jennifer Handt is a writer and communications advisor who helps people and organizations share big ideas. She is the founder of Charlie’s Cure, dedicated to fueling research and finding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A Bostonian at heart, Jennifer lives with her family in Connecticut.

Recently published

The author's son, Charlie, receiving his first infusion as part of a clinical trial of a gene therapy. (Courtesy Jennifer Handt)

Hope is its own form of healing

My son received a death sentence as a toddler, writes Jennifer Handt — a diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A new gene therapy offers hope, if she can get the...

Health

May 11, 2023

I eventually got the miscarriage care I needed. But the post-Roe world is crueler to people like me

Sometimes the miscarriage memo is slow to arrive naturally, and medicine must intervene, writes Jennifer Handt. Sometimes women in my position need what is arguably an abortion.

Cognoscenti

Jul 22, 2022

'Grief So Transporting It Feels Almost Sacred': Why Chrissy Teigen's Story Is Helpful To So Many Women

Miscarriage is incredibly common -- but rarely talked about. We should applaud Chrissy Teigen for opening up about her loss, writes Jennifer Handt, not scold her for oversharing.

Cognoscenti

Oct 6, 2020

Jennifer Handt: "I often struggle to find a comfortable balance between adherence to social mores and openness about this big, brutal thing that’s rocked my world." (John Bennett/flickr)

What To Expect When You're No Longer Expecting

I often struggle to find a comfortable balance between adherence to social mores and openness about this big, brutal thing that’s rocked my world.

Cognoscenti

Oct 1, 2014