Blogs

Raise Your Voice for Authentic Representation

July is Disability Pride Month, which is a chance to celebrate who we are as a disabled community. Not just as people with disabilities, but as a powerful, diverse community. For me, it’s a time to reflect on how far we have come, but also the work we need to move towards...

Disability and Mental Health: Awareness and Community

Since receiving treatment for my OCD, anxiety, and depression, I live a full and meaningful life despite my health conditions. But finding and creating communities of others with similar experiences has helped me to unlearn internalized ableism and internalized mental health stigma...

The Intersection: Disability and Career

Navigating disability is a multifaceted experience that can profoundly impact various aspects of life. One of the most significant is in the realm of career. For many, work is not just a source of income; it’s also a means of identity, social interaction, and personal fulfillment...

Friends Without Barriers

Friendships are like glitter, shimmering, magical, and impossible to ignore when they’re real. The best ones sparkle with love, joy, and unwavering support, catching the light in ways that make life feel golden but when you live with a disability, friendships often come with extra layers of complexity....

Redefining Disability in Fashion

When we think about fashion, we don’t tend to think of accessibility. Fashion is a form of creative expression; we can curate how we want to look at the outside world with our clothing choices. When adding accessibility to the mix, it tends to create a barrier which we need to work to mend...

Overcoming Barriers: Promoting Inclusion in Travel

My bag was packed, my boarding pass was loaded and I was on my way to the airport. I had done this trip before and I knew what I was doing, or at least...I thought I did. Travelling independently was something I knew I could do eventually, but until now, I had always travelled with a companion...

Teetor's Speedostat

If you have ever sent a text, read an audiobook, or sipped from a bendy straw, then you have used something created for and by a disabled person. There are several inventions thought up and brought to life by disabled people, but would you have ever thought a blind person could have invented a universal car part...

From One Entrepreneur to Another: We're putting the "ability" in "disability"

Jason Santry has taken the "dis" out of disability with his motto "Rock your abilities," which he lives by every day. Jason Santry is a man who was born with cerebral palsy. His incredible determination and drive led him to lead a life that's anything but ordinary. Jason is the proud owner of Ability Property Maintenance...

The Power of Education: Unlocking Potential

Education is the backbone of personal growth, societal advancement, and global development. By empowering individuals, breaking cycles of poverty, and fostering a more informed, empathetic, and innovative world, education remains a vital investment in our collective future...

Represented the Under-Represented

Why did I become a content creator? Because at a young age I remember watching tv, reading books, seeing videos online of people but never any that I seen myself represented in...

Disability Pride Month - A Time to Reflect

As Disability Pride Month unfolds, I find myself reflecting on what it truly means to me. I'm proud to be disabled and to stand as an advocate and Tru Faces ambassador. Celebrating life, embracing every moment with joy, and advocating for equality and respect for all disabled individuals, I embody the spirit of Disability Pride...

Ramona Jett - Creative Writing Contest Winner

After my mother first read Peter Pan to me, our entire house became Never-Never Land, in my mind’s eye; transformed in an instant from a two-story townhouse to a place full of sunshine and shadows, rock cliffs and treehouses, and dirt paths leading to secret hideaways among the roots of trees...