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To the Person Adjusting to a New Life of Disability

By John Morris — 2016

Allow me to share the lessons I have learned while transitioning to a new life of disability.

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‘You Have to Scream Out’

“If you’re trying to get home and the bus keeps passing you up because you’re in a wheelchair, you have to scream out.”

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Disabled People Don’t Need So Many Fancy New Gadgets. We Just Need More Ramps.

Technology isn’t always the answer.

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Disability and Health Inclusion Strategies

Inclusion of people with disabilities into everyday activities involves practices and policies designed to identify and remove barriers such as physical, communication, and attitudinal, that hamper individuals’ ability to have full participation in society, the same as people without disabilities.

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How to Emotionally Cope with Having Disabilities

Having a disability can be really hard, but there are many ways to accept your circumstance. In this article, you’ll learn how to cope with having disabilities.

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How to Bounce Back

Living with a disability can be stressful at times. Resilience is a term that describes how we cope with stress. By building up our resilience, we can stay more engaged in life.

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How to do a Lot with a Little: Managing Your Energy

Individuals with disabilities are at a greater risk of experiencing fatigue than the general population, and this risk increases with age.

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The Body Neutrality Movement as an Alternative to Body Positivity?

Body neutrality, I think, has the power to be really useful in particular to people with disabilities, especially those with chronic pain or people with progressive diagnoses.

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10 Body Positive Instagrammers with Disabilities You Should Follow Immediately

Although body positivity urges acceptance of all kinds of bodies, the movement still has room for improvement. Notably, people with disabilities, who through inaccessibility and lack of representation are often made to feel “other” by non-disabled folks.

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How the Body Positivity Movement Left Us Disabled Women Behind

“Body positivity is all about having a good relationship with your body.” Well that’s what everyone keeps telling me. The only problem is, if I told anyone about the way my body treats me, they would tell me it’s a relationship I need to get the hell out of.

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Plus Us: Does Your Body Positivity Waver on Ableist?

Body positivity has begun to leave behind some of the people who spoke it into existence — among them is the disabled community.

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