As a disabled person and disability advocate, I’d like to highlight a popular topic within the disability community. We have a vital opportunity to discuss how best to support not only our medical needs, but also our mental and emotional health surrounding having a disability in an ableist society.
In having these conversations, we must center the voices and experiences of disabled people. Interestingly, this topic is not often well understood.
Perhaps it is forgotten because a physical disability is more obvious, or because it complicates the concept of supporting a marginalized community.
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