Celebrating Disability Pride Month with Real Voices in the Cool Crutches Community
Disability Pride Month is more than a celebration, it’s a chance to reclaim space, share lived experience, and shine a light on the beauty and power within the disabled community. This year, we’re proud to platform five incredible women from our community: Meg, Millie, Rebecca, and Hannah, as well as our co-founder Amelia - each with their own perspective on what Disability Pride means to them.
⭐ Amelia
Disability Pride is such an important part of living with a disability, whether you feel it (totally fine if you don't yet) or want to understand it more - for me, it's about understanding the value in disability. I spent years hating the idea that I was disabled. Acquiring my disability aged 19 in 2005, meant I found my feet in a very different time to now. Back then everything associated with disability was so negative, it invited sympathy, concern and attention on everything I'd lost, more than anything else. Over the last 20 years I've learned the true value in disability, it's given me SO much more perspective, resilience, confidence and purpose - all things I simply would not have without my disability. Disability pride is about recognising value, supporting other people in finding that and learning to capitalise on what we can do and what as disabled people, we bring to the table as a direct result of having a disability. My life is very different as a result of my disability, is it worse? Absolutely not and Disability Pride month is a time to spotlight exactly how the value in becoming disabled can drive better opportunity and a better future for everyone.
💝 Meg
Disability Pride, to me, means showing up as my unapologetically authentic self.
It’s about owning every part of my journey and feeling true pride in what I’ve achieved, and what so many in the disabled community continue to achieve every single day.
I’m endlessly proud of this community and all the little sprinkles of disabled joy we bring to the world.
🌻Millie
Disability Pride, to me, means turning pain into purpose. It’s about using my story to help others feel seen, supported, and reminded that they’re never alone.
It also means embracing every part of who I am - not hiding the hard bits, but finding purpose, joy, and connection through them. That’s where the real pride lives.
💕Rebecca
Disability Pride means knowing that disabled doesn’t have to mean dull — we deserve bright, joyful things too!
Whether it’s a colourful walking aid or doing the things I love like powerlifting and Zumba, I’m proud to still find joy in what lights me up.
And most of all, I’m proud to be part of this incredible, supportive, and powerful disabled community.
💗Hannah
Disability Pride is about recognising how far I’ve come while living with a disability.
It’s celebrating the small wins that have added up over the year, and proving to myself time and time again, that I’m capable of achieving whatever I set my mind to.
It’s also about honouring this incredible community I’m lucky to be a part of, and celebrating the diverse range of disabilities and backgrounds that make it so powerful. Now that’s something to be proud of.
🌈Alycia
For me, Disability Pride is all about celebrating the beautifully diverse and vibrant community we’re part of, and the incredible strength that runs through it. It’s also a chance to honour my own journey, embracing my identity, and finding pride in the joy, kindness, and compassion I've learnt to show myself every single day.
This Month (and Always), We Celebrate You
Disability Pride Month isn’t about masking the challenges - it’s about highlighting the whole picture: the struggle, the resilience, the softness, and the joy. These five women remind us that disability isn’t something to hide, it’s something to be proud of.
To Amelia, Meg, Millie, Rebecca, and Hannah - thank you for sharing your voices, your stories, and your pride. And to our wider community: we see you, we celebrate you, and we’ll never stop advocating for you!
If you'd like to read more about these incredible women, first of all, give them a follow on Instagram: @Hannah, @Meg, @Alycia, @Millie, @Rebecca, @Amelia, and then we highly recommend checking out their stories:
