There’s a fine line to cross when it comes to identifying who you are as someone with a disability and not feeling as if your disability is entirely who you are. I read a journal prompt for those with chronic illness that said the following: What parts of my identity remain completely true despite my…
Tag: Disability
Disability Pride Month: 5 ways to support disabled people
July is Disability Pride Month. Disability pride isn’t about wanting to be disabled. It is about feeling empowered to live with your disability. Having disability pride is about feeling proud of who you are, for all that you are. Disability pride revokes the idea that people with disabilities should be made to feel less than…
OBSERVATIONS #6 – 9.10.24
Call – Don’t ‘Dis’ Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect By – Mimi Peterson I write not just as an observer, but as a fellow wayfarer: watching signposts, following an open map, facing the rising sun to find my bearings. North to my left, South on my right, West at…
