There’s a lot of pressure on disability advocates to be mentally strong all the time.
As a content creator, there’s this self-inflicted pressure to be happy. I took on the responsibility as the person who was going to cheer other people up and also raise awareness at the time, to challenge this misconception that if you have a disability, you’re constantly miserable.
And because of this idea that people with disability are always miserable, their mental health needs get dismissed, the assumption being it’s normal for a disabled person to be depressed.
Read full story... (off-site)- Topics:
- Ableism and disability models, Health
- Author:
- Karan Nagrani, as told to Carol Rääbus
- Source:
- ABC Everyday
- Date published:
- Thu 13th Jul, 2023