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50% of all people killed by police in the USA have a disability. 

Do not leave us out of your activism. Do not leave the disabled out of your activism, we are not an afterthought. 

The intersection of ableism and racism is deadly. 

50% of all people killed by police in the USA have a disability. 

Do not leave us out of your activism. Do not leave the disabled out of your activism, we are not an afterthought. 

Cool disabled kid wants to follow more disabled/chronically ill people

Please reblog if you are: - a disabled PoC - an LGBT disabled person - a neurodivergent disabled person - any combo of the above or just disabled! I wanna follow you!

*Waves*

I’m certain that there is a plethora of black disabled activists, speaking out on blogs and social networks.

Two off the top of my head,

Anita Cameron, who is a black disabled lesbian woman and has been a powerful advocate for decades, her blog is here: http://www.angryblackwomyn.com/  and she is also active in Facebook and Twitter.

Vilissa Thompson is another black disabled (straight, I think) woman who is a strong emerging voice in both disability and race advocacy.  The blog that I think is her main blog is http://rampyourvoice.com/ but she also has a Tumblr at @rampyourvoice

Checking out their blogs could surely help you find more.

Lydia Brown is not black, but they is *very* involved in intersectional disability/poc/queer advocacy and is very supportive of black rights so they may have some useful links: http://autistichoya.com/

Alice Wong is also not black, but also very involved in intersectional disability/poc/queer advocacy: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/

(both Lydia and Alice have Asian heritage, so although they aren’t black, they are still poc)

Thank you for mentioning me on this list!

Everyone listed are phenomenal advocates, & very glad to know them personally.  

#GetWokeADA26: Disabled People of Color Speak Out, Part 1

#GetWokeADA26: Disabled People of Color Speak Out, Part 1

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Reblogging because it got incredible feedback & responses elsewhere online.  :) 

My name is Jose Ramon but I prefer Ramon. I am an undocumented disabled person of color with a form of AMC (Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita). I made this side blog because I hardly see Poc with Disabilities or we are forgotten in social movements. I want non disable bodied people to see that we do exist, we have a voice. My goal is to promote self love, body positivity, to connect with other PoC with Disabilities and most importantly to let others know that we aren’t broken, we dont need to be fixed, we need to fix the society we live in. Today is AMC Awareness Day and this is my picture, my hair is messy because I want to show me, the person who needs help getting ready for the day. I don’t need pity, only visibility.

Decolonize body and mind with radical self love.

Thank you for sharing!  

You have FOUR days left to participate!  

Deadline is Tuesday, July 19th!

I want to hear your stories.

Reblog this and comment how you think (or know) that your race or ethnicity has affected your life as a disabled person or vice versa. 

Do doctors treat you differently? Are people’s perceptions of you as a disabled person different because you’re a POC? Are you alienated by other POC in your community because of your disability? How do these two parts of your identity intersect or oppose each other?

I’m drunk + upset tonight so I’ll answer this for real later but I think being raised with the stoic ideal of black masculinity that I idolized as a BabyTrans kid made me more stoic to this day and even less able to express pain than my autistic ass would have been otherwise. That, of course, means doctors minimize my pain in their minds and think I’m lying or drug seeking when in reality I’m #suffering

I want to hear your stories.

Reblog this and comment how you think (or know) that your race or ethnicity has affected your life as a disabled person or vice versa. 

Do doctors treat you differently? Are people’s perceptions of you as a disabled person different because you’re a POC? Are you alienated by other POC in your community because of your disability? How do these two parts of your identity intersect or oppose each other?

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Yes thank you for this platform! For starter I was getting kinda sad and freaked out cause after being diagnosed with EDS my geneticist asked if I had Jewish blood in me? And when I found the eds community on tumblr it was all white women so that was weird for me. ANYWAY it took a while for official diagnosis because not only was I very young but also a poc. Doctors would literally say to my 10 year old self “you’ll grow out of it you’re tough enough” and send me out the door. And because of hearing it so much I adopted an attitude of “I’m stronger than this” and having to put on a persona that nothing’s wrong or I’m not hurting. Also within the Cape Verdean and Native American communities mental and physical illnesses are hardly ever addressed. So not only was I hearing it from doctors but from family & friends. The “being tough” person can help but it does more harm than good and I really only see that in ethnic communities. I’ve also been mistreated in almost every ER I’ve been to, even AFTER an official diagnosis. I do not have sex and have had doctors forcefully give me Pap smears and other tests to PROVE I wasn’t pregnant because I “looked like I’ve had sex”. That was after I told them my illnesses and that I was a virgin. I’ve had to wait for hours to get pain medication and into a room at ERs. Hours. I remember a time where I was throwing up a lot and kinda on the brink of death (not to be dramatic) and they took in a white man with a broken arm who came in after me. This happened in the US and Australia. Needless to say I was diagnosed with EDS, karataconas, IBS, celiac, POTS, endometriosis, PCOS, intesticular cystic bladder syndrome, heart issues, depression and anxiety after an Indian Doctor kept me in his office past the normal hours to figure out what was going on because he cared so much. That was 3 years ago. Sorry, this is much longer than I intended but I’ve been thinking about this issue a lot.

New Hashtag: #disabledstoriesofcolor

We, the mods at disablesian-club, proudly present #disabledstoriesofcolor, the new hashtag for disabled people of color to:

- post our faces

- shitpost about our disabilities

- tell our stories

- or any combination of the above!

Additionally, as an alternative to the #actually[insert your disability here] hashtags for poc, you can now post in #[insert your disability here]storiesofcolor.

We look forward to seeing your Quality Content™!

- the mods of DC

PS: #disabledstoriesofcolor and the #_____storiesofcolor hashtags welcome self diagnosed people and anyone who tries to claim otherwise is lying.

Me as Venus de Milo by Botticelli Redefining Renaissance beauty standards 😋

We were born for this

An absolute honor working with Oscar Alexander (also can be found here and here) 

(he / him)

[image description: 9 pictures of me, a green haired Indian nonbinary wheelchair user. In 2 I’m sitting up against the wall in a pink fur coat, black crop top, black pencil skirt and heels. In another I’m lying on the floor in the same outfit. In another two I’m sitting in my chair in a black jacket, black crop top, black skirt, and platform shoes with pink roses in the platforms. The other four are detail shots of the heels, the platforms, the fur coat, and the wheel of my wheelchair which is decorated in pink roses.)

in light of recent tensions in the chronic illness community on tumblr, we’ve come to recognize the need a space for voices less frequently amplified. it’s time to offer a space where we can lift up the voices of people of color, LGBTQIA+ people, people who live in poverty, and all others who have been pushed to the periphery of the chronic illness and disability movements. it’s time to offer a space for those who have been wronged by the healthcare system. it’s time to offer a space for people who aren’t ready to be positive in their struggles with physical and mental illnesses.

we’re here, and we’re listening. (blog is currently under construction but we will be up and running soon!)

Yay!

Trying to look regal and graceful, failing because I’m neither of those things, but that’s okay 😂 🇯🇲🌴