People are sharing photos proving that you can be ‘disabled and happy’ — and the internet is loving it

Myai Jackson

• Andrew Farkash created #DisabledJoy to celebrate the disabled community.
• Hundreds of people have taken to social media to join Farkash in creating visibility of those who have disabilities but are joyful. 
• Farkash told INSIDER, “My goal was to empower — and bring joy — to my Disabled community and I was happy to see that it did for so many people.”

On Sunday, writer Andrew Farkash took to Twitter to tackle a flawed thinking many people have regarding those with disabilities.

Along with four pictures by photographer Myai Jackson, Farkash wrote, “There’s a common misconception that you can’t be Disabled and happy. That you can’t express joy, and if you do, you must not be hurting or Disabled anymore. I propose a new hashtag to empower us and show people otherwise: #DisabledJoy.”

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