First Former Buddy Club President

                                  [Image Description: The graphic is light yellow with my First Former Buddy Club President logo in the bottom left corner. There is a drawing of  an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) electronic device on an iPad with a green protective case. The screen shows a grid-based communication system with many symbols and pictures for the core words: "I", "is", "do", "want", "like", "have", "where", "more", "you", "it", "what", "get", "make", "to", "on", "good", "of", "all done", "that", "stop", "not", "bad", "in", "out", "go", "come", "think", "eat", "help", "see", "some", and "up." ] CONTENT WARNING:  I would like to mention...

[Image Description: The image has a light gray background with my First Former Buddy Club President logo in the bottom left corner. "Saying, 'You don't look disabled' is stereotyping and prejudice" is in left-aligned violet text. There is a restroom gender neutral person symbol to represent invisible disabilities below the text. ]     Sometimes all because a person is in a certain role, position, or has a certain background or narrative, it is as if somehow that makes them not allowed to be in the disability community, a trauma survivor, or introverted or that they cannot possibly be part of any of these diverse groups because of that. Like because they are a college student/graduate, teacher, work a certain job, are successful, or have a certain background or narrative, society views that as making it impossible for them to be in the disability community, a trauma survivor, or introverted. People will also insist that certain people "don't look disabled...

[Image Description: The image shows the updated disability pride flag with charcoal black, dark green, light blue, white, light yellow, dark red, charcoal black diagonal straight stripes on it. ] Happy Disability Pride Month! Last summer I learned about the history of the updated disability pride flag. Last year I created and posted an infographic about the history of the disability pride flag on Instagram and Facebook after finding out about the updated flag. On the second day of this year's Disability Pride Month, I created and posted another infographic about the history of the disability pride flag with more detail this time.  Many people still seem to not be aware of the existence of the disability pride flag.  Learning new things and educating people about unique important topics that they may not be aware of instead of immediately jumping to criticizing them are some things that I am passionate about.  Modeling embracing my mistakes, love for learning n...

[Image Description: The image has a light purple background with my First Former Buddy Club President logo in the bottom left corner. "Disability Inclusive Language Explained" is in left-aligned dark purple text. There is a disability pride flag with black, green, light blue, white, yellow, red, black stripes (same order from top right corner to bottom left corner) center-aligned at the bottom of the image. ] I created this blog post to educate people about being aware of the language that they use and  how to use disability inclusive language. When encountering any individuals, it is common for people to assume what their abilities are and are not based on their physical appearance and other limited observations that are only snapshots; Not all disabilities are obvious though while some disabilities are more visible. All because a person does not appear to have obvious disabilities does not guarantee whether they are in the disability community or not. A person could have in...