User blog:VeggieGoBrrrr/User blog:VeggieGoBrrrr/Disability Pride Month: The Impact on those with Disabilities

Ah yes, another month dedicated to something special. And this month is Disability Pride Month. What is it you may ask? It's a month where we focus on the awareness of those with disabilities to feel accepted and welcomed. Not only that, but also fostering a environment of acceptance and involvement.

How this benefits the disabled community
In our average world, many of those who have disabilities (both mental and physical) are often looked down upon and stereotyped for their conditions. Because of this, a lot of their skills and talents are often overlooked and pushed aside. But just because you have problems doesn't me you're not human. It has been proven that by many that even with disabilities, one can accomplish great things.

Take Stephen Hawking for example. For 50 years, he developed Lou Gehrig's disease, a disorder that involves complete immobility of the body and degeneration of the motor neurons in the brain, at a young age and was effected by it for the rest of his life. Yet, he was the one to discover that black holes emit radiation, something that set the basis for more research on them.

The acceptance we can give an individual with disabilities, you never know what amazing things can come out of it. We all experience a lot of problems and we always want chances. Why can't they just because they appear "different" to society? Everyone deserves a chance to express their talents.

If one who is effected by a disability feels accepted, they will feel more impelled to providing their aid and effort into doing great things. And as proven with many famous people in the past and present, it is possible.

Why make a blog about this?
Well, for me, reading some the blogs that other staff members, Fandom Stars, and regular users made, I felt touched by them. I myself have a few underlying health conditions that limits me in ways. While although not severe as others and I'm able to live my life like a normal person, I still feel like people are not aware of my problems either.

The awareness plays a major role too. Not many people are able to empathize with others who have disabilities. And often times, they feel alone, often leading to intense loneliness and even depression. Not too mention, inequality and unjust treatment might arise too.

What we can do to raise awareness
One way we can do so is by bringing to light some of the amazing accomplishments that those with disabilities have made. The more the visibility, the more the word will spread. Not to mention we can also encouraged them to keep up the good work and help them navigate issues despite their problems. There is no room for calling them out or saying that they're never going to accomplish their goals. They need the encouragement, because if they are aware of their own conditions, pretty sure they would already feel discouraged by them.

Multiple wikis have already made awareness already by instituting new logos and pointing out how people with disabilities have affected their wiki's topic. They also did this by giving recognition to famous people, characters, and elements that had impacted their topic.

We have also had numerous users make blog posts dedicated to this month's celebration. One that stood out the most to me was by Wiki Representative Spongebob456 (Chris) in his blog post a few days ago.

Moving forward
As we celebrate Disability Pride Month, let's honor the progress made and make known the efforts made by those with disabilities to further integrate disability into the life of the real world. Let's recognize their stories and voices, and in doing so, let's celebrate the diversity of human experience. Every person matters.

Happy Disability Pride Month Fandom!