It’s Disability Pride Month. You should know that I’m proud to be disabled.

Humanity | August 20, 2020

Here’s something you should know about me: I’m proud to be disabled.

I can picture some of you looking very perplexed right now. Admitting this fact about myself is something I may have said in a hushed tone just a few years ago. Why? By all accounts, I’m not supposed to be “proud” of my disability. Not according to society, at least. But then again, I’ve never given much thought to societal conventions. Thankfully, I’m not alone.

July is Disability Pride Month, which is sparking so many much-needed conversations about living with a disability and what it means to celebrate that. People with disabilities make up the largest minority group in the United States, with 61 million adults living with a disability, according to the CDC—that’s one and four people.

Sophia

Sophia is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. She is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.