Disability Blogs: Stories and Writings Regarding Disabilities
Author: Disabled World (DW)
Updated/Revised Date: 22 Jul 2026
Table of Contents:
Synopsis - Definition - About This Section - FAQs - Publications - Subtopics
Synopsis
Explore personal disability stories, reflections on identity, and the debate over motivation versus inspiration from voices across the worldwide community.
At a Glance
- 1 - To share your story, email it to the editorial team, leaving out identifying names and places.
- 2 - Disability psychologist Carol Gill, a polio survivor, notes that reconciling a new disabled identity with old assumptions is a common hurdle.
- 3 - Two U.S. Super Bowl ads sparked debate over whether calling disabled people "inspirational" for everyday tasks is uplifting or condescending. For many, society's response, not the disability itself, poses the greater daily challenge.
Topic Definition
- Disability Blogs
Disability blogs are personal, self-published writings in which people with disabilities share their experiences, thoughts, and reflections on how living with a disability shapes their everyday lives. These accounts can be positive, negative, or simply an open space for honest expression, and they often touch on themes like identity, adaptation, accessibility, caregiving, and community. Rather than clinical or purely informational content, disability blogs center the individual voice, giving readers firsthand insight into the day-to-day realities that others might not otherwise understand. Collectively, they help build connection and mutual understanding across the worldwide community of people living with disabilities, while also pointing readers toward other trusted online writings worth following.
About This Section
Sharing Real Voices From the Disability Community
This section of Disabled World is a place for YOU to tell your story, and read other people's thoughts on how disability has altered their everyday life. Your story can be either positive, negative, or simply a place to express your thoughts freely. In this category, we also list other Disability Blogs that can be found online, and that we consider provide substantial information and will be of interest to the worldwide community of persons with disabilities.
Motivation? - Inspiration?
Motivation: Defined as a theoretical construct used to explain behavior. It represents the reasons for people's actions, desires, and needs. Motivation can also be defined as one's direction to behavior, or what causes a person to want to repeat a behavior and vice versa. A motive is what prompts the person to act in a certain way or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.
Inspiration: Defined as the feeling inside you that makes you want to try new things. It gives you hope inside and makes you see the world differently. If it's powerful enough, it can persuade you to do anything. Occasionally, the person who inspires you could be a political figure, or a celebrity, or even your parents. It could be anybody.
Recently, two big U.S. Super Bowl advertisements started a debate about whether disabled people can be "inspirational" for doing everyday things - or if the tag is condescending. What do you think? Perhaps you would like to write an article to be included in this section, telling us your thoughts on the Motivation/Inspiration controversy?
For many disabled people it is not necessarily the disability itself that so negatively impacts on their day-to-day lives but the response that society has to individuals with disabilities. Major life changes often require adjusting your sense of identity.
According to disability psychologist Carol Gill, a polio survivor, reconciling your identity as a disabled person with previously held notions about what being disabled means is a common hurdle:
"When you become a member of the group that you have previously felt fear or pity for, you can't help but turn those feelings on yourself." - Carol Gill
Having a disability may mean you have had to adapt to a different daily life. Others, who may have lived with disability for the majority of their life, may be more adapted to self-managing the changes. For some people, the biggest problems that they now face as a member of the disability community may be accessing locations or everyday items that may not have been designed or built to accommodate people with disabilities.
How to Participate
Whatever your disability story is we want to hear about it, and if suitable it will be published in this section. To submit your story relating to disability, send an email with story attached to admin@disabled-world.com. Keep in mind this area is not a place to report, complain, or "out" a particular person or establishment, so please leave any identifying names and places out of your story.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any writing experience to submit my disability story?
No. This section is meant for honest, personal expression rather than polished journalism, so you can write in your own natural voice. Whatever your background, if your story fits the section it may be published, and the editorial team helps with light editing where needed.
Can I stay anonymous when I share my story?
Yes. You are asked to leave out identifying names and places, which helps protect both your privacy and the privacy of others mentioned in your account. You can write under a first name only or ask that your submission appear without a byline.
Is there any cost to submit or read the blogs in this section?
No. Submitting your story and reading the writings shared here are free. The section exists to build connection and mutual understanding across the worldwide community of people living with disabilities.
What topics work best for a disability blog entry?
Reflections on identity, adaptation, accessibility, caregiving, and community tend to resonate well with readers. The most valued entries offer firsthand insight into everyday realities that others might not otherwise understand.
Why does the section say it is not a place to complain about a specific person or business?
The focus is on sharing lived experience rather than naming or exposing an individual or establishment. Keeping the tone reflective, instead of accusatory, keeps the space safe and welcoming for the wider community.
How is a disability blog different from a clinical or informational article?
A blog centers the individual voice and personal experience, while clinical content focuses on facts and instructions. Blogs give readers an emotional and human perspective that purely informational writing usually does not provide.
Can I include a link to my own external blog or website in my submission?
The section does list other disability blogs found online that are considered to offer substantial value to readers. When you email your story, you can mention your external writing, and the editorial team decides whether to include it.
Curated and edited by Ian C. Langtree, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Disabled World. This section is maintained by the Disabled World editorial team.
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