disability pride
Celebrating bodily difference
Disability pride is a sense of self-worth and community identity among people with disabilities, rejecting the view that disability is something to hide or overcome.
The term parallels gay pride in affirming what society often stigmatizes.
Disability pride embraces accommodation and accessibility as rights rather than favors: Disability pride means I don't apologize for needing a ramp.
- self-advocacyPromoting one's own interests
- inclusive educationTeaching all abilities together
- universal designCreating spaces usable by all
- solidarityUnity among allies
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
community care · assistive technology · reclamation · self-worth · neurodiversity · intersectionality · lived experience · authenticity · celebration · accommodations · accessibility standards · access needs · acceptance · inclusion · storytelling · self-expression · cultural heritage · resilience
- disabilityADA, ableism, amputee, wheelchair, wheelchairs
- disability artswheelchair dance, audio description
- Inclusive Artsinclusive design, accessible design, universal design, wheelchair dance, sign language poetry
- accessibilitywheelchair access, wheelchair sports, wheelchair ramp, adaptive skiing, accessibility features
- rehabilitationrehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, inpatient rehab
- chronic illnesschronic pain, exhaustion, chronic fatigue, fatigue, malaise
disability prideself-loathing
Intense disgust toward oneself
embarrassment · shame · self-pity · self-hatred · denial
disability pridepity
Sympathy for misfortune
ableism · paternalism · condescension · infantilization · othering