Disability Connections Blog

June 11, 2021

Anti-Asian Hate Part 2

From your perspective/experience how is disability perceived in the Philippines both invisible and physical? Has this shaped your way of perceiving disabilities? Has this impacted your identity? “In the Philippines,…

Anti-Asian Hate Part 1

How have the recent attacks in the Asian community affected you personally? “Personally, I think it is still a privilege that I am not what most oppressors will see to…

May 28, 2021

Surviving Sexual Violence and Mental Health

Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence, Suicide April marks Sexual Violence Awareness Month April 28th is Denim Day May marks Mental Health Awareness Month When I originally thought about reporting what happened…

May 24, 2021

Why I Speak Up

Trigger Warning: mention of suicide, self-harm, mental health conditions I was first public with my mental health struggles when I was thirteen. At the time no one was talking about…

May 14, 2021

Highlighting Husky Voices Part 2

In part two of highlighting Husky Voices, I wanted to focus on what it may be like for some huskies to identify as having a disability and what they think…

May 7, 2021

Highlighting Husky Voices Part 1

Disability and the world of the disability community is often forgotten when it comes to individual’s identities and how we see one another. I realized as a disability studies major…

April 2, 2021

Grace’s Experience with Self-Harm & Recovery

Trigger Warning: Self-Harming and Recovery I was thirteen when I hurt myself for the first time. I had heard of people hurting themselves and at the time everyone automatically assumed…

March 5, 2021

Therapy Series Part 3: Equine Therapy

Equine Therapy I have never done equine therapy in the same way I have provided such services. I got involved with a non-profit called Animals as Natural Therapy where we…

February 26, 2021

Therapy Series Part 2: Group Therapy

Group Therapy I was very skeptical about group therapy as I was an avid one-on-one therapy type person for over a decade. I got into group therapy while attending the…

February 19, 2021

Therapy Series Part 1: One-on-One

Therapy has been one of the many topics that has only become more accepted in our society within the last decade. Similar to mental health issues (including disabilities), seeking any…