Our team at Disability Pride wants to SHARE your disability story!
The story can be about you, your spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, friend, co-worker, care-worker, client, student, teacher, employer… we want to hear from anyone who wants to share!
Share your story any way you like. Lesson, poem, research, painting, essay, song, picture. Any way you want to share your connection to the disability community is fine by us!
Please email your story to info@disabilitypridealberta.com
Thanks!
I am not a warrior
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By Louie Fermor My understanding of myself as autistic was long-coming. It
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Disability Is Not Inability I became a resident of the World on
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When I first thought about writing a story about my disability, and how my life has been affected by the concepts and advancements in accessibility and universal design. I wondered if it would be as painful to write as with one’s own resume or bio, or to highlight some of mine and others struggles or challenges, or what seem like the “super-human things I and others can do. But after careful consideration I thought I’d give it a go.
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My name is David Oliver Wudel. I am an artist and the
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By: Lisa Walker Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum Face Additional
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My interest in disability issues runs deep: I am, myself, a person with a disability.
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Hi all, my name is Sara and I was born with something called Spina Bifida.
Did you know that Spina Bifida (SB) literally means “split spine?” In very broad terms it means that my spine failed to close properly within the first few weeks of pregnancy.
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Hi, everyone, my name is Marya. I’m 20 years old, I live
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Hi, my name is Lionel and I am a university student living
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The following post is shared from Jim Button’s website Gather with Jim
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Disability Pride Alberta: Why do schools need to keep classes that foster
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EXCLUDED FROM THE MARGINALIZED When you talk about marginalized populations, why aren’t
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Hi my name is Jasen and I have Down syndrome. Why am
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My name is Kenny Diep and I am 27 years old. Today
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Research from the World Health Organization called the ICF, was created to
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“Life is like tracks. I love to travel. I take the train.
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By: Shawna Smith My son, Preston, was born prematurely at 31 weeks.
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Hi there. My name is Curtis Ruttle I am a blind photographer.
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By Jennifer Buchanan Kate lives independently in her own apartment near a
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Thanks to Kate. G for sharing the following collection of her poems
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I was born with an incurable genetic eye disease called “Retinitis Pigmentosa”
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It’s all about perspective. Physical disabilities often come with mixed views. There
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I am a registered nurse; a sister; an aunt; a daughter; a
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I was diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of four.
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Disc golf proves to be a prescription for Young Onset Dementia
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I’m a gardener, a podcast producer, a SAIT Photoshop student, and a
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♦Accessible Culture♦ Accessible Airwaves on CJSW is a program that is dedicated
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I am Danielle. I was born in 1972 Bassano, Alberta. I then moved to
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The hardest part about this, is accepting that there is something wrong.The
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“I feel like I’m from another planet.” -Niall
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In 2012 I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease. All throughout my teenage
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Link : “Escape Velocity”
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Here is the art of my husband. He was a physician up
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My name is Crystal and I am living with systemic lupus. In
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“Pride is a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from
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My son was born 10 years ago after a long awaited pregnancy.
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My name is Ethan and although I do not have a disability
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