When someone isn't ready to call themselves disabled

Kay Morgan-Gurr  |  Comment  |  Facing disability
Date posted:  18 Aug 2026
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When someone isn't ready to call themselves disabled

Photo by Monstera Production via Pexels

In this, my third article on supporting people when disability arrives in their lives, I’m going to be looking at the issues around personal denial of a disability.

To begin, I’m going to tell a story from a conference.

On the access table were various large-print and Braille resources – the conference information, the programme, song words and more.

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