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5 Simple Ways to Support Disability Activism

By Andrew Pulrang — 2021

Disability activism is empowering. Keys to getting started are staying open, sharing the stage, working collaboratively, listening and learning, and being willing to ask for help to make it less scary.

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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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University of Washington Aging RRTC
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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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University of Washington Aging and Physical Disability RRTC
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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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Aspen Anderson
2021
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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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Nina Matti
2017
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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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Jennifer Richards
2017
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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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Gianluca Russo
2022
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7 Seemingly Empowering Body-Positive Phrases That Actually Reinforce Ableism

Often, body positivity and fat activism exclude disabled people. It’s past time to change that.

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Aubrey Gordon
2020
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Relationship Tips

My best resource turns out to be websites that offer ten, twenty-five, or 101 relationship tips. The sites are silly, and the ads gum up my computer, but I learn about concepts like compassion, forgiveness, and presence.

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Sandra Gail Lambert
2021
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The Psychology of Grit

Grit is very good to call upon in problematic situations like becoming paralyzed.

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Allen Rucker
2021
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People Who Have a Partner with a Disability Show Love in Unique Ways

Sometimes you have to come up with unique ways to show love if your partner has a disability.

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Isabelle Khoo
2018
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