disability pride

“How do you eat?”
“What happened to you?”
“Do you have sex?”
“Have you tried yoga?”
“Did you pray about it?”

If you’re disabled, there’s a pretty good possibility you’ve heard one of the above statements at least once in your life. While we’ve come a decent way as a society, we still have a long way to go in how we view and interact with disabled folks (hint: we’re humans! cool!).

In honor of Disability Pride Month, share those eye-rolling questions with us below. 👀

P.S. A gentle reminder for friends without disabilities, a good barometer for if a question is appropriate or not is this: Would you ask the question to someone without a disability? If the question now feels odd, then chances are it’s not appropriate to ask someone who’s disabled either!

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Letting go of visions and dreams unachieved is very hard for me. I can often feel like a failure, or that I let people down, or that I’m weak and haven’t reached my potential and these thoughts have weighed me down in the past …but instead of beating myself up I always try to live in the moment…. I’m proud of the journeys I’ve been on, of the things I have accomplished, and sometimes I just have to simply remind myself that I’m a survivor in many ways…so I write about the story I ‘m actually living with pride and a sense of accomplishment… #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDepression #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealth #PTSD #Addiction #HIVAIDS #positive #Disability #accomplishment #positivethoughts #DisabilityPride #SuccessStory #SOBER #Joy #StoryTellingSavesLives #happyconfidentme #thankful #Gratitude