#DisabledandCute: This New Twitter Hashtag is SO Empowering
Talk about amazing!
Journalist Keah Brown was feeling totally cute one day, and she decided to share her sense of self-confidence and empowerment on Twitter. Keah has cerebral palsy, and she uploaded a series of selfies with the caption: “I want to shoutout my Disabled brothers, sisters, & non-binary folks! #DisabledAndCute.”
I want to shoutout my Disabled brothers, sisters, & non-binary folks! W/ #DisabledAndCute pic.twitter.com/Qcx5mvc1UI
— Keah Brown (@Keah_Maria) February 12, 2017
Since then, the hashtag has exploded. People from all over the world are tweeting their pictures with the hashtag, sharing how confident, sexy and totally amazing they are.
Did I hear something ? Oh wait ! #DisabledAndCute ?????????? pic.twitter.com/piY7HdE2wi
— ???? N I K A ??????? (@NikaB__) February 15, 2017
Click inside to see how inspiration this hashtag truly is and find out how Keah got bold enough to start it…
It’s become an emotional boost, like this:
I rarely post pictures when my health is at its lowest, but this hashtag is gold. ? LOVE IT! #DisabledandCute pic.twitter.com/CwvKQrrbnA
— toriel imani (@torielimani) February 14, 2017
And this:
sickle cell ain't never kept ya girl down #invisiblediseases #disabledandcute pic.twitter.com/QX7f6wyLkj
— Laelah (@laelahndifon) February 15, 2017
And a way for people to show that beautiful comes in every wrapper.
I rarely post pictures when my health is at its lowest, but this hashtag is gold. ? LOVE IT! #DisabledandCute pic.twitter.com/CwvKQrrbnA
— toriel imani (@torielimani) February 14, 2017
It gave other people a way to explain things they might not have felt comfortable discussing before.
anyone ever wondered why I always kept my hair over one eye?? my eyes are weak as shit. some days I can't even open them. pic.twitter.com/msw9I3y30E
— #DisabledAndCute (@snowflxke) February 14, 2017
And how being different means only that we are simply 100% unique!
#DisabledandCute there's not a single person out there like me ? pic.twitter.com/MjCM15yGfc
— Ace of Stace (@stfustacey) February 16, 2017
Here is a compilation of more inspiring #disabledandcute posts:
ayyy #disabledandcute pic.twitter.com/i4pg0AbiTt
— princess suzi (@_bbywaifu) February 12, 2017
#disabledandcute See, now THIS is a hashtag. I've been cute from the START! pic.twitter.com/5w9OeWjfSz
— Dominique Liefveld (@inkspillage1993) February 16, 2017
Autism and cerebral palsy never stopped me from pursuing dance, and they never stopped me from becoming exceptional at it. #DisabledAndCute pic.twitter.com/eqQNetWo6y
— Samuel Mack (@TheTwerkLord) February 16, 2017
I LOVE this hashtag #disabledandcute my little man is the cutest boy out there. ?? pic.twitter.com/zL8wysnwDg
— Madelynn (@maddyanguiano_) February 14, 2017
i may have cerebral palsy, but cerebral palsy doesn't have me. ?????#DisabledAndCute pic.twitter.com/JFCmtUtlyd
— uh-lee-ya (@itslinglee) February 14, 2017
#DisabledandCute ? Hell yeah I am!! Seeing this hashtag trending and the love that people are spreading melts my heart. ???????? #invisibleillness pic.twitter.com/hFojon9KKz
— Gabby Palacios (@GabbyPalacioss_) February 14, 2017
“I started it as a way to say I was proud of the growth that I made in learning to like myself and my body,” Keah told Teen Vogue. “Disabled people are presumed to be unattractive and unlovable in a romantic way. In my opinion, the hashtag proves that to be false. The celebrations should show able-bodied people that we aren’t the caricatures they see in movies and TV shows. We are much more.”
A disability does not define someone. We applaud Keah for creating this hashtag and for showing that having a disability in no way makes someone less beautiful or less powerful.