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When disability shame affects family relationships

My teenage daughter is embarrassed to be seen with me in my wheelchair and I understand why but it is breaking my heart anyway.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The internalization of societal rejection creates a generational wound that pits love against belonging.

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