It's an important part of many people's identity. That number's probably a little low, since it doesn't account for those who live with chronic illnesses like diabetes, mental illnesses like anxiety or depression or other types of disability that aren't often recognized as such even by the people they impact.ĭisability isn't a tragedy or something to be looked down upon. An estimated one in four adults in the United States lives with some form of disability, according to the CDC. The greeting card aisle, corporate sponsorships and general awareness may not have caught on just yet, but there's a lot of disabled people among us who deserve to be celebrated, not pitied. July is Disability Pride Month, a relatively new holiday that began in 2015 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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