According to National Geographic, July is "Disability Pride Month. Is being disabled really something to feel proud of an celebrate?

[KostasKouvalis]

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/topic/disability-pride

[BCA6010]

Dedicating entire months to people for arbitrary reasons needs to die.

"Celebrating" disabilities should be in the context of overcoming an actual hardship, not glorifying victimhood. At most, it should be a week, ideally alongside the Paralympics.

[OlderAndWiser]

PC and wokeness run amok. At NatGeo, that's no surprise!

[DeeDeeDeVour]

If I'm handicapped or disabled, I certainly would not be proud of that situation.

Not unless I'm a Special Olympics champion or top contender.

I can at least say I'd celebrate being alive.

[KostasKouvalis]

Exactly

[Siri137]

No. No way! This cannot be real. It has to be a joke. Please tell me it's just a (very sick) joke.

[KostasKouvalis]

I wish it was, but I was watching Bear Grylls on there a few nights ago and it came on during a commercial.
"National Geographic is proud to celebrate, "Disability Pride Month"

Let's just say I unsubsidized to NatGeo magazine years ago

[Siri137]

What is there to be proud of? Being unable to walk, or being so retarded you can't even have a conversation with someone or tie your own shoelaces? Handicaps are to be overcome, not accepted, or (which is far worse) promoted.

[KostasKouvalis]

I agree. This is a weird one. I've never met a disabled person, neither physical or mental who said they love being disabled.
I can see celebrating their accomplishments, but calling it "pride"😂

[Siri137]

Neither have I. They all HATE it! Why be deaf, when technology now exists for a deaf person to be able to hear?
By the way, thanks for the MHO! I deserved it of course :)

[KostasKouvalis]

That's a good point
No comment😂

[gorydetails]

So ridiculous.