What happens when you don’t “look” disabled? CTV Your Morning interview

“Whether you have the same diagnosis or not, so many people go through the same experience that you can then bond over.” 🤍

Such a joy to chat with Teddy Wilson last week on Jul 22 on CTV Your Morning, about the fear of sharing invisible disabilities and the community I found when I started talking about my own.

27% of Canadians identify as having a disability. This Disability Pride Month, may we all see more of the representation we need to realize that we’re not alone in our experiences after all. 🫶🏽✨💃🏽

Thanks to my publicist Dan Shaikh and the amazing CTV Your Morning team for bringing more awareness to this story! You can watch the interview here🙏🏽

Later that evening on the day of my interview, I was at an event and someone mentioned to me that they don’t think they have a story themselves, compared to someone like me who has an “adversity.”

And I told them that until I started talking about my muscle disability (because I saw other Speaker Slam speakers talking about their disabilities), I didn’t think I had a story either. That my mom spent 30+ years telling me I should “share my story,” and I was like “what are you talking about, I don’t have a story, this is just my regular life, nobody is going to care.”

I didn’t realize there were people like me who would care, because they can relate to my journey. I didn’t think about the impact it would have made on me to see myself reflected in someone else’s experience while they talk about it openly.

I never thought I’d one day be part of the representation I didn’t realize I needed, but I’m so, so glad to have that chance. And I hope other people who see my story realize that by sharing whatever they’re living through, that they can be someone’s representation too 🙏🏽💞✨