29 January
2022
My Disabled Life Is Worthy
[Graphic: Disability Visibility – African Americans]
By Olivia Alperstein
Source: Other Words
Editor's Note
This article hit the point with me. In part because of the talk of “comorbidities”, but also because of the comorbidities that are not discussed. Too frequently people personalize disability. By that I mean they make an assumption that a disability represents some sort of a failure, bad choice, bad karma or “bad genes”, on the part of the disabled person (or if a child, their parents). In other words, disabilities represent some failure on the part of the person.