Category: Disability

Talking about my disability is a sensitive subject — BEYOND MY LIMITATIONS

Talking about disability! 

You would think that as a person who has spent eight months blogging about my disability that it’s a topic that comes naturally to me, something that I want to shout about from the mountain top, but to be completely transparent I don’t like talking about my disability. You may think that I am completely […]

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“The BeZine” February Blog Series on Illness and Disability begins today; Why “Disabled” not “Differently Abled” — Jamie Dedes’ THE POET BY DAY Webzine

Why terminology matters!

Courtesy of Tiago Moisés under CC0 Public Domain license via PublicDomainPictures.net “My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn’t accessible.” Stella Young, was an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist. She was born with osteogenesis imperfecta and used a wheelchair for most of her life. When she was […]

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