“All bodies are unique and essential. All bodies have strengths and needs that must be met. We are powerful, not despite the complexities of our bodies, but because of them. All bodies are confined by ability, race, gender, sexuality, class, nation state, religion, and more, and we cannot separate them.”
From “What is Disability Justice” (Adapted from Patty Berne’s “Disability Justice – A Working Draft”, Published in Skin, Tooth, and Bone: The Basis of Movement is Our People, A Disability Justice Primer, Second Edition.
As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:
“Disability” is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.
Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
I read your posts/comments every time I see them, and I upvote them too to make sure you know someone listened. I also sent hug emojis to let you know I care and don’t want you to feel alone. The reason why I don’t reply is mostly bc I don’t know what to say. You’re not a bad person, and your not a weirdo. You’re just as appreciated as everyone else here. However, I for one don’t know what would help you, and that’s what usually keeps me from replying. I would love to send you more than the occasional hug emoji. Maybe it’s just me, maybe I’m unable to grasp how you feel, but I do certainly want to try and make you feel heard and seen.
Please don’t think you’re not welcome here, bc you are.