Hello disabled comrades! This week, I am feeling very relieved for the ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Palestinian hostages. I hope we are all doing okay. If you’re just surviving, barely making it through — I see you and I’m proud of you; and I hope this week brings you a little joy.
As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:
“Disability” is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.
Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
When I despair/ my kind friend reminds me/ that wearing a mask/ is an act of love,/ and when I tell her/ there are days/ when I wear it/ not out of love/ but out of anger and spite,/ my kind friend responds:/ isn’t it wonderful/ to turn your anger and spite/ into an act of love
I have this saved on my phone, not sure where it’s from but I think about it a lot. Hope everyone is staying safe and sane this week.
thank you for sharing, it really hits
That really feels quite beautiful