HeyJaredDisabled Joy
Essays and reflections rooted in disabled joy — and the messy, beautiful experience of navigating the world with a disability. Written by Ali Cameron, the voice behind Seated Perspectives.
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Disabled Joy Journals (opens the original)
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It’s a rainy Friday morning here in Vancouver, and the autumnal vibes have well and truly settled into the city. As I fight what feels like an oncoming cold and pick out honey-nut cheerios from a bowl, this felt like the right time to delve into the relationship I have with my disabled body.I hope you are also in a place where you can open up this conversation.The prompt: What does trust look like between you and your body?Trust between you and your body can be hard-won, especially when your bod
Who am I when I have nothing to brace for? (opens the original)
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Being disabled often means moving through the world braced. Our advocacy muscle is always tensed and ready. Our resilience is switched on by default. We’re always carrying a hard exterior. That armour keeps us safe, but it’s also so heavy to carry. I’ve carried mine long enough that I sometimes forget it’s there, until I set it down and notice how much lighter I feel. How much freer I feel. So lately I’ve been asking myself: who am I when I put it down?Who is the Ali who isn’t resilient? Who isn
Disabled joy journals (opens the original)
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Today’s prompt comes from some of the thinking I’ve been doing around what disabled joy means to me. And so often, it’s tied to ease. And ease only really comes when I’m able to put down the armour that being disabled requires of me.The prompt:Who are you when you put the armour down?Being disabled often means moving through the world braced. Advocacy at the ready, resilience on, a hard shell always in place.The armour keeps us safe, and it’s heavy to carry. So today, imagine setting it down for
Disabled joy in the wild (opens the original)
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This is quickly becoming a highlight of my week. Finding and celebrating disabled joy — and things that are joyful to disabled folks in a unique way — fills my heart.Being HeumannFor today’s roundup, I would be remiss if I didn’t include the world premiere of Being Heumann on this list! If you’re not aware, Being Heumann tells tells the remarkable true story of the woman who led a world-changing campaign for accessibility, Judy Heumann, as she rallied a handful, then dozens, then hundreds of ord
I cried when I couldn’t figure out the linear equation (opens the original)
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I can still picture the exact moment it happened. I was at a table with my mom trying to work through some grade 9 math sets, and I just couldn’t get it. y = mx + b — the linear equation(Of course, now it just lives rent free in my brain, 20 years on.)I was so frustrated. Up until then, math had always come easily to me. I didn’t get stuck. In fact, I excelled at math. But here I was, not getting it at all. And it felt devastating. After a while, something finally clicked. I was able to wrap my
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