Do you consider yourself an advocate for disability awareness or a disability ally? Since starting the blog, it’s been part of the title I use when describing my vision for the blog, but growing up I didn’t think about the title, just speaking up on something when necessary. The journey for this blog has been…
A Wheelchair Girl’s Perspective Vol. 9: Answering Questions On Disability: Unpopular Opinion?
Do you answer some questions about your disability? Whether you’ve been disabled your whole life or you are new to the disabled community, you probably know that you’ll get a barrage of questions about your disability ranging from “What’s Wrong With You? To How Do You (Insert Inappropriate Questions Here). Unfortunately this is par for…
A Wheelchair Girl’s Perspective: Vol 8: The We The 15 Movement
Did you know people with disabilities make up 15% of the population? Neither did I, years ago when I first had the idea for the Sitting Beauty Diaries, I wondered when a change would come for the disabled community, when society would wake up and realize that people with disabilities are so much more than…
A Wheelchair Girl’s Perspective Vol.7: Sports, Media Coverage & People With Disabilities
Are you currently watching the Olympics? Do you plan to watch the Paralympics? Did you know the Paralympics existed? It wasn’t until the London Olympics in 2012, that I found out that the Paralympics was a thing. After that I had questions, starting with when was it and why didn’t it receive the same media…
A Wheelchair Girl’s Perspective Vol.6: Disability Pride And Body Positivity, It Matters
Happy Disability Pride Month. I’m in my 20’s and I didn’t know Disability Pride Month was a thing until July last year. When was the first time you saw an ad from a brand in any media that depicted loving your body disability & all? When was the last? Brands have taken steps to make…
