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ID: ‘ Being chronically ill or Disabled means that your presence can remind people of difficult truths like:’ Underneath there is a cartoon woman sitting in a wheelchair facing forward. She has brown hair and is wearing a red dress. She looks determined. Around her are small bits of text - ‘Society’s disregard for the vulnerable’, ‘Precariousness of status and power’, ‘Brutality of capitalism’, ‘Uncontrollable nature of human health’ , ‘Severity of inequality’, Vulnerability of the human body’ Underneath it says ‘It is hard to manage but making people think can be a catalyst for change.’ So by being here, you are revolutionary.’ #ChronicIllness #ChronicallyIll #ChronicallyFabulous #ChronicIllnessCommunity #Disability #Disabled #Spoonie #SpoonieSupport #SpoonieCommunity #SpoonieLife #AbleismExists #AbleismIsTrash #BabeWithAMobilityAid #WheelchairUser #Unchargeables #ChronicPain #ChronicFatigue #InvisibleIllness #Accessibility #Revolution #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityPride #AccessIsLove #DisabilityInclusion #Inclusion #CripplePunk #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityAwareness #ChronicIllnessAwareness #MillionsMissing

ID: ‘ How Society Views Disabled People’ There is a big circle labelled ‘society’ and completely separate very small one labelled ‘Disabled people’. Underneath it says ‘How Disabled People Actually Exist’. There is a big circle labelled ‘society’ and inside it, a smaller but still significant sized circle labelled ‘Disabled people’. Underneath it says “We are everywhere - every age, gender, nationality, race, class etc. Most people will join us before they die. Disability is woven into the fabric of society whether you acknowledge it or not.” “Disabled People aren’t ‘Niche’” The second slide says: “So please, this Disability Pride Month, businesses, organisations, influential people please stop acting like it. Just recognise us.” #Disability #DisabilityActivism #DisabilityPride #DisabilityAdvocacy #ChronicallyAwesome #ChronicIllness #CripplePunk #BeingHuman #Humanity #DisabilityIsDiversity #AccessIsLove #AccessibilityForAll #GettingOld #Spoonie #SpoonieLife #YoungAndDisabled #BabeWithAMobilityAid #disabilityInclusion #WheelchairDontCare #WheelchairUser #Inclusion #Unchargeables #spoonie #disabilityPrideMonth #HumanExperience #DisabilityCommunity #disabilityInclusion #wheelchairLife #diversity #society #disabled

*Of course the factors differ in type and weighting per person and situation! This was just to illustrate the overarching point ❤️ ID: “Making Plans As A Disabled Person” There are two pie charts in various shades of blue and pink . The first is titled “What You Think I Need to Consider” and it is broken 60/40. The 60 chunk is labelled “Am I available?” And the 40 chunk “Do I want to go?” The next one is titled “What I Actually Have To Consider” It’s broken into 8 equal sections and each is labelled - Am I available? Do I want to go? Will I be well enough? Will it be accessible? Do I need to conserve spoons? Will they be ok if I drop out? Will equipment be functioning? Will I have PA then? The next slide says “Please remember this if you ever think your Disabled pal is being ‘difficult’ or ‘unsupportive‘ about an event.” #ChronicIllness #ChronicallyIll #ChronicallyFabulous #ChronicIllnessCommunity #Disability #Disabled #Spoonie #SpoonieSupport #SpoonieCommunity #SpoonieLife #AbleismExists #AbleismIsTrash #BabeWithAMobilityAid #WheelchairUser #Unchargeables #ChronicPain #ChronicFatigue #InvisibleIllness #Accessibility #AccessibilityForAll #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityPride #AccessIsLove #DisabilityInclusion #Inclusion #CripplePunk #NoSpoons #DisabilityAwareness #ChronicIllnessAwareness #DisabilityPrideMonth

ID: “When somewhere is inaccessible,” There’s and cartoon of a group of Disabled people (including a wheelchair user, amputee and service dog handler) on the left and it says “It’s not just Disabled people missing out.” “It’s everyone.” On the left are cartoon images of different setting that are often inaccessible - school, meeting place, workplace, graduation, fashion show, concert. There’s a wall separating these cartoon from the text on the right which says “Without us, you miss:” “Disabled creativity”, “Disabled brilliance”, “Disabled empathy”, “Disabled passion”, “Disabled insight” “and so much more” “To include is to thrive” #AccessIsLove #AccessibilityForAll #Accessibility #Disability #DisabilityRights #DisabilityPride #DisabilityCommunity #ChronicallyIll #ChronicallyBadass #TheFutureIsAccessible #Spoonie #SpoonieLife #DisabilityPrideMonth #Wheelchair #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityIsDiversity #CripplePunk #BabeWithAMobilityAid #Unchargeables #InvisibleIllness #NobodyLeftBehind #AbleismExists #AbleismIsTrash #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityJustice #Inclusion #DiversityAndInclusion #DisabilityAwareness #ChronicallyFabulous #DisabledAndProud

*Going out isn’t possible for many Disabled people (myself included most of the time) and it isn’t necessarily required to ‘have a life’ but the people saying this definitely think it is. ID: Translating Ableism: Part Seven “Do you have a licence for that thing (mobility aid)!?” - your presence is a novelty to me so I’m compelled to comment on your difference. “You’re just making excuses.” - I don’t believe that you know your own limitations so I won’t honour them. “It’s so good too see people like you out!” - I don’t think disabled people have lives.* “OMG aren’t you special!” - I see you like a child or a puppy. #Disability #DisabilityAdvocacy #Ableism #AbleismIsTrash #AbleismExists #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityPride #DisabilityJustice #AccessIsLove #AccessibilityForAll #Accessibility #Inclusion #BabeWithAMobilityAid #TheFutureIsAccessible #DisabilityPrideMonth #Spoonie #SpoonieCommunity #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #CripplePunk #Unchargeables #WheelchairLife #GoingOut #Disabled #ChronicallyAwesome #ChronicallyFabulous #ChronicallyIll #DisabilityAwareness #ChronicIllnessAwareness #SpoonieLife

ID: Translating Ableism: Part Six You can’t expect special treatment. - I don’t think you are entitled to having your access needs met like non-Disabled people do. Using equipment is a faff, we’ll just carry you. - my convenience matters more than your safety and humiliation. Bet you get a fat check from the government! - I’ve never experienced the benefit system. I’ll pray for you! (From a stranger, unsolicited) - I think you’re broken and so will impose my religion on you. #disabled #disability #disabilityPride #disabilityAwareness #DisabilityAdvocate #Ableism #ableismIsTrash #ableismExists #Accessibility #AccessIsLove #AccessibilityForAll #inclusion #IncludeEveryone #KnowBetter #KnowBetterDoBetter #BabeWithAMobilityAid #Wheelchair #Communication #WheelchairLife #Spoonie #SpoonieLife #ChronicIllness #ChronicallyFabulous #ChronicallyBadass #unchargeables #YoungAndDisabled #InvisibleIllness #Spoonie #DisabilityPrideMonth #CripplePunk

ID: Translating Ableism: Part Five On one side is the phrase and on the other is the ‘translation.’ I don’t see the wheelchair - I think pretending to ignore a part of you that makes me uncomfortable is a compliment. Can you have sex tho? - you are a curiosity to me rather than one of my peers. We all get tired you just have to push through! - I’m privileged to not know the difference between regular tiredness and debilitating fatigue. OMG! My cousin is disabled, you should get together! - I only know two disabled people. #Disability #DisabilityAdvocacy #Ableism #AbleismIsTrash #AbleismExists #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityPride #DisabilityJustice #AccessIsLove #AccessibilityForAll #Accessibility #Inclusion #BabeWithAMobilityAid #TheFutureIsAccessible #WheelchairDontCare #Spoonie #SpoonieCommunity #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #CripplePunk #Unchargeables #WheelchairLife #NoSpoons #Disabled #ChronicallyAwesome #ChronicallyFabulous #DisabilityIsDiversity #DisabilityAwareness #ChronicIllnessAwareness #SpoonieLife

Disability Pride Month 22 ❤️ ID: "Why would I be proud of being Disabled?" Be proud that you've adapted and innovated your way through a world that isn't made for you. Be proud that together we create a community full of kindness, determination and solidarity. Be proud that you face ableism every day but you show up anyway. Be proud of the patience, humility, and strength it takes to need and receive help. Be proud of the activists before us and the changes we're making today. Be proud that when we aren't invited to the party, we create our own. #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityPride #DisabilityInclusion #changemaker #chronicIllness #ChronicallyFabulous #spoonie #DisabledAndProud #beProud #TheFutureIsAccessible #Ableism #CripplePunk #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAdvocate #InvisibleIllness #DisabilityJustice #Inclusion #unchargeables #WheelchairLife #HotPersonInAWheelchair #AbleismIsTrash #Adapt #AccessibilityForAll #DisabilityVisibility #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #chronicIllnessAwareness #innovate #invisibleDisability #DisabilityCommunity #DisabilityRights

For all those who are chronically ill or Disabled and feel like it DID stop them 💜 It certainly stopped me. I had to decline a dream job. I had to move back home. But it also made me. And I like who it made me into. ID "But their disability didn't stop them!" Yes it did. It stopped them, and changed them and made them into their magnificent Disabled selves. And thank goodness it did because this world needs people who understand what it means to accept, to adapt and to live differently. #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityIsDiversity #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityPride #DisabilityInclusion #ChronicallyBadass#ChronicPain #ChronicIllnessAwareness #ChronicallyIll #ChronicallyFabulous #InvisibleIllness #ChronicFatigue #ChrobicFatigueSyndrome #Spoonie #SpoonieLife #SpoonieCommunity #CripplePunk #AbleismExists #TheFutureIsAccessible #AccessIsLove #AbleismIsTrash #NoSpoons #Unchargeables #SpoonieSisterhood #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityAdvocacy #BabeWithAMobilityAid #Wheelchair #YoungAndDisabled #Adapt

Social model yo 👍 - ID It says Models of Disability. There is a picture of stairs and a women using a wheelchair at the bottom of them. Above her it says "Medical: your condition is the problem.", on the stair banister it says "Functional: your inability to climb the stairs is the problem" and on the stairs it says "Social: the stairs are the problem." #Disabled #dDisabilityPride #dDisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityAwareness #Accessibility #AccessibilityForAll #TheFutureIsAccessible #BabeWithAMobilityAid #Wheelchair #SocialScience #sSpoonielife #Spoonie #ChronicIllness #WheelchairDontCare #DisabilityRights #AccessIsLove #Inclusion #DisabilityInclusion #yYoungAnddisabled #DisabilityIsDiversity #CripplePunk #KnowBetterDobetter #DifferentAidsForDifferentDays #DisabilityAdvocate #Unchargeables #InvisibleIllness #Diversity #cChronicallyill #ChronicallyAwesome #InvisibleDisability

© PacingPixie Please do not use in any materials or reshare to grid without permission. If you want to share to stories ONLY, please use this version! Disabled people are nearly a quarter of the UK population. We are not an outlier or abberation. If you don't see us, it's because we aren't welcome. Reference: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/there-are-now-nearly-14-million-disabled-people-in_uk_5ac61b74e4b01f556d5658d4/ - ID: blue background with disability wheelchair symbol. On it there is the following steps arranged in a circle to illustrate a cycle: inaccessibility-disabled people unable to participate - disabled people not seen in public - disabled people seen as outlier/rarity- 'so we don't need to consider them'- inaccessibility' - #disability #disabledlife #disabledandproud #accessibilityforall #accessislove #thefutureisaccessible #accessibility #babewithamobilityaid #differentaidsfordifferentdays #spoonielife #chronicallyfabulous #inclusive #disabilityisdiversity #disabilityinclusion #inclusionrevolution #disablednotdead #wheelchairuser #wheelchairtravel #cripplepunk #accessibilitymatters #unchargeables #spooniecommunity #disabilityadvocate #disabilityjustice #disabilityrights #cripcamp #nothingaboutuswithoutus #invisibleillness #chronicillnessawareness #chronicallyill