Disabled Community Megathread from February 9, 2026 to February 22, 2026

"Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does."

• Remembering Stella Young, Ted Talk "I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much"

A transcript of the video is available on the Ted Talk Website in 35 languages

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"Disability" is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.

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