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

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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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