Dee talks with Brooke about her rare genetic condition and how she is disabled and proud.
They discuss ableism and why disabled people are so strong, confident and able to advocate for themselves
It's one step at a time on any journey and the steps can be big or small, the important thing is to keep making them

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• There is a stigma around using mobility aids but they are something that can help It’s the way people treat disability that brings the stigma
• Until you have a disability you are completely blind to how ableist the world is
• There isn’t a choice around being strong you have to be to get through
• If you feel like you have a disability you have to push and advocate for yourself
• I’m proud to call myself disabled now but it hasn’t always been so, it’s a journey you have to go through and now I wouldn’t change it for the world
• Sometimes you have to walk away from those who are ableists, you are the only person who knows what you are going through

BEST MOMENTS
‘I learnt to listen to my body and my head because it's important’
‘It’s a journey you have to go through and it can be lonely, finding your people can be really important’
‘When people find you are confident and love yourself it can be difficult for some people to compute’
‘It was scary needing to use something to help with my mobility but it’s those aids that help me to be independent’

 

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Disabled & Proud Podcast

ABOUT THE HOST
Disabled and Proud is the show that brings listeners a different perspective on disability. Each week this podcast highlights an awesome disabled guest speaking about their own disability; why they are proud to be disabled and why they are proud to be themselves. 
The conversations in this show will look at what challenges these amazing people face socially, mentally, physically and life in general. This show is raw, open, honest, funny, welcoming and educational. 
Disabled & Proud does exactly what it says on the tin! And whilst we are creating this space for disabled people to be unashamedly themselves, without the need to conform to society, this is also not about toxic positivity. This show will be shining a big, bright light on disability without it being “Paralympic or pity”.
As you will hear disability is WHOLE, COMPLETE & PERFECT and whilst the topic of disability can be quite heavy - and we definitely don't shy away from the bad days - this podcast is also about having fun too! Our aim is to play a part in reclaiming the word disability - turning it from inadequacy to perfection!

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