Tag: Disability Pride Month 2024

Today is the last day of Disability Pride Month

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And I had to backdate this post due to having a bad day with my disability yesterday. I literally spent the day crying over something very minor due to my disability. So this seems like a good time to share it.

Image Description: A tweet from @RebelWheelsNYC the text reads “Disability pride is not about loving your symptoms 24/7 or even at all. It’s rejecting the ableist that they make you inferior. But also in the face of system #ableism, it’s reminding yourself as needed that the problem is the system/oppression, not you #disabilityprideMonth

Not being the easy option.

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What bothers you and why?

Take now as I start this post, I am on a bus, and the people I’m with decided to go sit at the back. I know there are supposed to be the better seats on the bus, but I can only sit in one place on the bus, and there were seats near me when we got on, I’d be lying if I said their choice doesn’t bother me. How can it not?

They could have chosen to sit with me, but they didn’t. And every little time someone makes this choice, it reinforces what I think I’ve always known, I’m not more important than the better option.

My disability is an inconvenience to them, to be honest, it is to me as well, but I can’t escape it. They can though, and worse than that, they choose to. I don’t know if it’s made better or worse by the fact I can’t blame them though.

I just wish society made being with me the easier option.

If you wear glasses you are Disabled.

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The Definition of a Disability is: a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities.

Those who wear glasses have some form of limitation to there sight, they are technically disabled. It’s simply that society has accepted the mobility aid that they use, glasses.

This is interesting as it shows the way society has accepted some disabilities, in a way that doesn’t continue to exclude them. It is completely normal for someone to wear glasses. I wonder how people would react to disability if it was normalised this way.

One day I hope that all disabilities and disability aids are accepted the way that wearing glasses is. This will be the true inclusion of those with disabilities in society 

I have more I want to say on this. I might but as always I make no promises. This might help though if I don’t end up saying more.

Disability Pride Month 2024

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Image Description: Straight diagonal lines from top left to bottom right. The colours from top to bottom are red, yellow, white, blue and green, all on a faded black background.

Now I want to say that I will be doing various posts related to Disability Pride over this July which is Disability Pride Month. And I will do my best to share information, but as always I make no promises.

But for now, let’s start with the flag. All of the colours have individual meanings so let’s go through them.

  • Geen is for sensory disabilities.
  • Blue represents emotional and psychiatric disabilities.
  • White stands for non-visible and undiagnosed disabilities.
  • Gold is for neurodiversity.
  • Red represents physical disabilities.
  • The faded black background commemorates and mourns disabled people who’ve died due to ableism, violence, negligence, suicide, rebellion, illness and eugenics. The dark background also represents rage and protest against the mistreatment of the disabled community. According to the creator’s statement, black is also a connection to the pirates’ Jolly Roger flag, a general symbol of rebellion.

As I’ve said I will try to post more about Disability Pride this month. But plans can sometimes be difficult, so don’t blame me if I fail.

♿️HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE♿️