@disabled_eliza

These are the reasons I love and celebrate Disability Pride, what are yours? One of the comments I get a lot is that ‘disability isn’t anything to be proud of’ I think this comment comes from a lot of places, sometimes Disabled people who feel that their disability causes a lot of pain and discomfort or from non disabled people who are uncomfortable with disability. The first one completely makes sense, but you do not have to love being Disabled to celebrate Disability Pride Month, you do not have to feel proud to be Disabled to celebrate. We need Disability Pride because we still don’t have equal access or rights… it’s about fighting for those and celebrating how far we have come. The other one (non disabled people not liking disability) is a simple 🖕🏻 Happy Disability Pride Month! Photos: @amydaviesphotography Jumpsuit: @runandflyengland x @katieabey #Access: Photo 1: Eliza a White fem person with rainbow hair is sat in their wheelchair wearing a jumpsuit with rainbow illustrations one, they are looking to the left smiling with a comment on the screen that reads ‘Being Disabled is nothing to be proud of’ photo 2: a very similar photo of Eliza just has moved their head slightly with the text across the photo in yellow that reads ‘you don’t have to ‘love’ being Disabled to celebrate Disability Pride’ photo 3: Eliza smiling directly at camera with the text across the screen that reads ‘Disability Pride is about fighting against the ableism we face to show we are worthy of equal access & respect’ photo 4: a close up of Eliza moving their hair around and smiling at camera with the text ‘Being Disabled can be really hard, I am not proud of the pain I feel, Im proud of the life I live despite it’ photo 5: a photo of Eliza smiling to the left with the text ‘Disability Pride reminds me of the beautiful and diverse community we have!’ Photo 6: Eliza smiling at camera looking directly at us with the text ‘why do you celebrate Disability Pride?’ #Disabled #DisabledAndCute #DisabledAndProud #DisabledModel #Disability #TheyThem #LGBT #Bi #Pride #Pride🌈 #Pride2022 #LoveIsLove #NonBinary #Love #DisabilityPride