Pagans With Disabilities & Chronic Illnesses

Spiritual Accessibility for All

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  • On Ignoring Disability

    Disability is not a thing that is picked up and put down while in the presence of someone. An abled bodied person walks in the room and the disabled don’t say, “Let’s suit up and be disabled now that someone is watching!” No, disability by definition and nature is a constant thing. It is something…

  • The Cost of Healthcare Isn’t Just What you Think

    Healthcare is expensive there is no denying that. But for the disabled and chronically ill there is a hidden expenses the abled bodied never consider. I started journaling again this year and looking back on the year so far, what struck me was the number of to do or done items on my daily lists…

  • I have a good friend who has been hospitalized. I went into my coven’s Discord to post about her condition and ask for energy and prayers. I found myself dissatisfied with what to request: Light a candle? Pray for healing? Pray for wellness? Pray for a resolution to the current issue? Pray for a definitive…

  • This is typically the time of New Year’s Resolutions. New Year’s Resolutions can often feel imposed upon us and restraining. Nearly always around diet, health goals (working out more), and in some way changing who we are. What if our New Year’s Resolution revolved around acceptance. Radical acceptance a description of who we are and…

  • Our attitudes towards persons with disabilities and chronic illnesses are informed by the society we are a part of. Put in healthy into Google and images of healthy foods are interspersed by very thin models eating healthy food. Put in working out and you get nothing but able bodies running, exercising, lifting weights, and the…

  • Disability can be defined as any physical or mental condition, sometimes resulting from an accident, injury, or illness, that interacts with societal barriers. Disability is an inability to perform some (or all) tasks considered common everyday activities without changes to those tasks or the environment. Chronic Illness can be defined as a physical or mental…

  • For many years the pagan community has had an attitude of total healing. Someone is sick and Pagans line up to bring total healing or restoration to a fully functioning body. It reminds me of a time when I was still not clear about the autoimmune disorder that I suffered from. I was at a…

  • I started Pagans with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in the hopes of giving the disabled a voice when talks of pagan events happen. A way for those with disability to provide suggestions about the best practices when hosting pagan events. I have heard that you can’t negotiate for what you need if you do not…

  • Just Getting Started

    This is an ongoing process to start a resource for pagan groups and practitioners wishing to be inclusive to the disabled and chronically ill. If you want to help in this effort, please join our Facebook Group here.