Disability Pride Month is an opportunity to raise awareness, to challenge stigmas, discrimination and barriers, and celebrate the disabled community.
Happy Disability Pride Month! 🖤❤️💛🤍💙💚

In my articles, I’ve celebrated disability as well as highlighting areas where attitudes and policy need to be improved (you can find these at the link in my bio).

With 3 in 4 disabled people reporting that they’ve experienced negative attitudes, the awareness and conversations that come from the visibility of the month are crucial.

“It’s a time for embracing disability identity positively. And challenging the negative attitudes that hold disabled people back.” @scopecharity.bsky.social

As Scope describes, the month celebrates the “creativity, resilience, and achievements of disabled people” and is “for anyone who is disabled – or anyone who wishes to show their allyship by celebrating their disabled communities.”

Yesterday marked the start of #disabilitypridemonth which has been celebrated in July since the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 (it has been celebrated in the U.K. since 2009).

Read my article here:

www.inspirethemind.org/post/chronic...

The quilt represents lots of the topics I covered in my article. I can tell my story of chronic illness through the embroidery, enjoy the mindful qualities of stitching, connect with others on the project and create a sense of virtual community.

Since writing the article, I’ve started embroidering a square for The Forget M.E. Not Quilt project.

In my article for @inspirethemind.bsky.social, I wrote about how embroidery can help chronically ill people to connect with others by sharing photos, joining art communities, and initiatives such as The Chronic Market where chronically ill people can sell their work and tell their stories.

www.inspirethemind.org/post/chronic...

Young people are most likely to feel lonely with a prevalence of 33% among 16-29-year-olds. @inspirethemind.bsky.social is publishing a series of lived experience articles on loneliness and mental health among young people for this #lonelinessawarenessweek - head over to my bio to read mine. (Pt 4)

I wrote this article for @inspirethemind.bsky.social about my experience of chronic illness and loneliness, and how I have used the mindful practice of embroidery to process emotions, connect with my disabled identity, and connect with people and communities through the art form. (Pt 3)

Becoming chronically ill caused me to become socially isolated and I have experienced the feelings of loneliness that comes with this. (Pt 2)

This week is Loneliness Awareness Week. The campaign aims to reduce loneliness in society by reducing stigma surrounding loneliness, promoting social connections and creating a sense of belonging. (Pt 1)