Body positivity, chronic illness and Disablity
Disclaimer – That these are my own lived experiences and understanding from the research that I do around the NDIS and health-related topics please be aware that it is informational only and not to be used as a substitute for professional advice or working with a Planner, Disability Advocacy service or talking to your Medical and Allied Health team. So this was such an interesting video to record and to watch the reactions to it as it seems to have resonated with so many people. In different ways but to tell the story behind this video we see that we need to know the characters that I am referring to, The White Saviour friend - It is someone who wants to save you from a terrible fate, being disabled or living with a chronic illness. and I know that I am borrowing this term from indigenous peoples experience's with c olonization and from people who have been historically and systemically oppressed due to popular thinking leading to s...