Robert McCarthy is Fully Vaccinated #GetVaccinated
7 Jul,
10 tweets, 5 min read
Friends, if you read one post of mine today, please let this be the one. This is me. As you can see, I am in a wheelchair. I have a physical disability called spina bifida, which occurs at birth when the spine and spinal cord don't form properly. Many definitions of spina bifida 
call it a "birth defect," but I don't like that term. I am not defective. I am a person with a disability. People with disabilities are not defective. We are capable, contributing members of our society living every day trying to find our place in the world that is often
stigmatizing and ableist. We are often talked down to, bullied, mocked, and not taken seriously. Some of us are made to feel that we're invalid because of our disabilities, whether they are physical and visible like mine, or invisible.
I remember a few years ago I received a message asking me "Does it suck to be in a wheelchair?" That message was shocking, but it didn't hurt me, didn't get me down, even for one minute. I know who I am, I love who I am, and I am damn proud of who I am.
It can be easy, however, for people with disabilities, even in the best of times, to get down on themselves, let alone when such nasty messages like that are sent to us.
July is Disability Pride Month. This Disability Pride Month, I ask of you to amplify the voices of people with disabilities, ask us questions, learn about us, don't talk over us, and always help us fight for a world where we are respected, listened to, and seen as the amazing
people we are. If you got this far and read to the end, I would appreciate it if everyone would Quote Tweet it with the hashtag #DisabilityPrideMonth. Thank you for taking the time. 🤍🤍
@EvilLikeHobbits babe would you be willing to read this thread when you have a chance and Quote Tweet the first tweet in it so that the whole thing shows up using the hashtag #DisabilityPrideMonth?
#KateCollective, @MayoIsSpicyy, @ImSpeaking13, @FamilyYogaCntr, @CathyGraphics2 @teresatheNova @CarlyDMayer @AKARedPanda @KylaInTheBurgh can you all please Quote Tweet the first tweet in this thread so the whole thing shows up on your feeds using #DisabilityPrideMonth?
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