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On World Disability Day, let's break barriers, shatter stereotypes, and build a world that sees abilities before disabilities. #BreakTheBarriers #DisabilityAwareness"

Day 1: Understanding Disability Disability inclusion begins with understanding. Disabilities can be visible or invisible, but the impact on individuals is significant. Reflect on the diversity of disability and its implications in our society. #DisabilityAwareness #InclusionStartsHere

It's true that many disabilities are imperceptible to others. Others are visible but not registered by most as a disability. Think: impaired vision corrected with eyeglasses. When we consider the difference in the way we interact with disabilities we *register* as disabilities and those we don't, it can help us understand the importance of the social model of disability. For context, the social model stands in contrast to the medical model, which historically told us that there is a standard sort of person in which everything functions "right," and then there are people with inherent impairments, because they are measured against that standard. They are just disabled, regardless of context. The social model of disability says people are often and largely disabled by their environments. Barriers are in place that limit mobility or pace, for instance, and we can remove those barriers or reinforce them. A wheelchair user who cannot get to a conference room on the second floor because the elevator is out of service is disabled by the staircase being the only access point to the second floor. I am a glasses-wearer, and have been effectively EN-abled by the investment our society has made in making sure that eyeglasses and contacts are readily available and accounted for. If my glasses were to break, I could likely acquire a new pair within a few hours anywhere I am likely to be. As a deeper example, this year I went kayaking in Spain and was handed a special lanyard to attach to my glasses so that I would not lose them—the kayaking company had thought about and invested in this proactively for everyone with glasses. Do I have impaired eyesight? Yes. Is that a disability? Yes. Does the way we have invested in our environment to remove barriers for those with impaired vision impact the ways I move in the world? Immeasurably. How might we look at, think about, or treat other disabilities if we made the investments to remove comparable barriers as a norm? How would the resulting lives disabled folks could live impact the way we see them vs. how we may perceive them now? Credit to Imani Barbarin for reminding me that glasses-wearers are disabled in a recent talk of hers. I recommend checking out her work. © Compassionate Accountability LLC

Over 1/4 of Canadian adults—about 8 million people—live with at least one disability. This is a significant increase from 2017, reflecting both a growing awareness of disabilities and an actual rise in cases, particularly related to mental health. While many disabilities are readily apparent, a substantial number are hidden or invisible. Conditions like mental health challenges, chronic pain, and learning disabilities are common yet often go unnoticed. In fact, over 10% of Canadians reported experiencing mental health-related disabilities in 2022 alone. It's clear that a large portion of the millions of Canadians with disabilities live with conditions that are not immediately visible.

Society very good at expediently ignoring others who on first impressions don't meet their perceptions of disability. Especially the 50% more children presenting with visual disruptions in the 21st Digital Century with symptoms of eye-strain and binocular vision stress debilitating reasonably fluent access to text excluding them from fully participating in learning and leaving education as functionally and digitally illiterate as they arrived. Nothing new as, "School Myopia" has been around ever since our Industrial Model Education system was launched nevertheless, in the 21st Digital Century eye-strain and/or binocular vision due to near indoor life-styles and close-up over exposure to sub-optimally calibrated display screen devices causing . https://lnkd.in/dJw4iSB History of School Myopia and potential visual functional visual difficulties when "binocular vision stress" has not be diagnosed and nor has convergence and accommodation remediated appropriate 3D vision rehabilitative treatment. https://lnkd.in/epcN9CGr https://lnkd.in/d_upyydp #PublicHealth #DigitalEyeHealth #DiversityAndExclusion #Visionloss #MyopiaManagement #AsthenopiaControl

On July 26,1990 the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. Disability pride emerged in response to negative views of disability and is celebrated in July. This month, ZAS is sharing tips on ways to celebrate and advocate during Disability Pride Month 💙💛 #ZASdoesitbest #AmplifyGreater #SGRho #SophisticatedSER #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityPride #DisabledIsNotABadWord

So, what is it really like to have a disability? For Disability Pride Month and the anniversary of the ADA, NPR wants to hear from you. Share your stories about your experiences as a person with a disability. #ShareYourStory #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledAndCapable

I have long been a supporter of Cisco's DEI efforts and hope that wherever my future takes me, I can commit to more of my job helping advance under-represented communities and be an active ally and accomplice to all things Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion. "Happy Disability Pride Month"? Maybe... but let's make it an "INTENTIONAL & ACTIVE Disability Pride Month"! Let us all do our best to help remove the stigma by empowering PWD (People With Disabilities) and normalize ourselves with their needs and being a champion where we are able! #NotAllDisabiliesAreVisible #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #PTSD #Depression #Anxiety (Interested in schooling yourself up a little? Check the list in the comments.)

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On July 26,1990 the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. Disability pride emerged in response to negative views of disability and is celebrated in July. This month, ZAS is sharing tips on ways to celebrate and advocate during Disability Pride Month 💙💛 #ZASdoesitbest #AmplifyGreater #SGRho #SophisticatedSER #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityPride #DisabledIsNotABadWord