If you missed it, freelance writer John Leoppky wrote a very honest and personal opinion piece for the CBC about what it means to see disability as a culture and not as a medical condition.

Disability culture allows us to understand how to enter into disabled life with more support and self-compassion.

OPINION | Disability culture is something you are a part of — not something that is happening to you | CBC News

For John Loeppky, disability culture is exemplified by “moments of validation and connection that allow us to see our identities not just in medical terms, not in terms of what society says we’re lacking, but as a kinship built on shared lived experiences.” It shows the world disabled people are “worthy of care and worthy of preservation.”

CBCJohn Loeppky

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