voorheesd reblogged
if anyone has a good resource for disabled faceclaims of color show me to me pleaseee send it to me rachel
- Vanessa Williams (1963) African-American, Welsh, English - has type 1 diabetes.
- Daryl Mitchell (1965) African-American - is paraplegic.
- Maysoon Zayid (1974) Palestinian - has cerebral palsy. 🇵🇸
- Angela Rockwood (1975) Thai and White - is paraplegic.
- Amara Zaragoza / Tamara Feldman (1980) Shawnee, Mexican of Purepecha descent and White - has MS - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Kristin Chirico (1984) Cayuga, Seneca, Italian, and Irish - has OCD, ADHD, dyslexia, asthma - questioning their gender, explaining it as “encompassing a lot of things” but is not yet sure if she’s non-binary or a gender non-confirming woman - is bisexual and demisexual - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Jillian Mercado (1987) Afro Dominican - has spastic muscular dystrophy.
- Lauren "Lolo" Spencer (1987) African-American - has ALS.
- Nathan Mitchell (1988) Black Canadian - has narcolepsy.
- Joel Kim Booster (1988) Korean - has bipolar disorder - is gay - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Eric Graise (1990) African-American - is a bilateral amputee.
- Jade Willoughby / Ellyn Jade (1990) Ojibwe and Jamaican of Afro Jamaican, Taino, and White - has Nephrotic Syndrome and Celiac’s disease - is two-spirit (she/her) and not straight otherwise unspecified.
- Sky Ferreira (1992) Ojibwe, Cree, Chippewa Cree, Cheyenne, Brazilian of Portuguese and possibly other descent, Galician Jewish, Bukovina Jewish, White - has chronic Lyme disease.
- Ashley Argota (1993) Filipino - has scoliosis.
- Sasha Lane (1995) African-American / Māori, White - has schizoaffective disorder - is gay.
- Angel Bismark Curiel (1995) Taino and Afro Dominican - has asthma and a heart murmur.
- Jack Francis (1995) Afro Trinidadian / Unknown - has Tourette Syndrome.
- Bella Hadid (1996) Palestinian / White - has chronic Lyme disease. 🇵🇸
- Fatima Timbo (1997) Sierra Leonean - has achondroplasia.
- Zion Clark (1997) African-American - born without legs due to Caudal regression syndrome.
- Chella Man (1998) Hongkonger / Jewish - not all deaf people identify as disabled but Chella does - is trans genderqueer and pansexual (they/them) - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Aaron Rose Philip (2001) Afro-Antiguan - has Cerebral Palsy - is a trans woman - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Tobi Green-Adenowo (?) Nigerian - has Osteogenesis Imperfecta type 3 - is bisexual and has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Danielle Perez (?) Afro-Dominican - is a double lower leg amputee - is queer.
- Tatiana A. Lee (?) African-American - has spina bifida - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Joci Scott (?) Mixed race Latina but otherwise unspecified, has said that she's a woman of colour - is paraplegic.
- Dareen Barbar (?) Lebanese and Emirati - is a leg amputee.
Some suggestions without resources at the time of posting, please let met know if you're wanting more!
- Merry Clayton (1948) African-American - is a double leg at the knees amputee.
- Nonoy Zuñiga / Zeno Obong Zuñiga (1954) Filipino - is a right leg amputee.
- Tony Cox (1958) African-American - has dwarfism.
- Sudha Chandran (1965) Indian - is a right leg above the knee amputee.
- Dorian Gregory (1971) African-American - has type 1 diabetes.
- Prince Amponsah (1985 or 1986) Ghanaian - is a burn survivor, is a double arm amputee with his right arm amputated above the elbow and his left arm amputated below the elbow.
- Turia Pitt (1987) Tahitian - is a burn survivor, all fingers on her right hand and two fingers on her left hand amputee.
- Shirlene Pearson (1972) African-American - has pituitary dwarfism.
- Ade Adepitan (1973) Yoruba Nigerian - is paraplegic.
- Takeshi Tomizawa (1974) Japanese - is blind.
- Callan Mulvey (1975) ¼ Maori, ¾ Scottish - is blind In one eye.
- Sue Ann Pien (1979) Chinese - is autistic - is a lesbian.
- Jennifer Kumiyama (1980) Unspecified Black, Chamorro, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese - has arthrogryposis.
- Rana Daggubati / Ramanaidu Daggubati (1984) Telugu Indian - is blind in right eye.
- Abira Greene (1986) African-American - has achondroplasia.
- Sofiya Cheyenne (1991) Taino, Dominican, Syrian, and Italian - has Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita.
- Marsha Elle (1991) Afro-Haitian - is a right leg above the knee amputee.
- Mei Kayama (1994) Japanese - has cerebral palsy.
- Ryan J. Haddad (1995) Lebanese - has cerebral palsy.
- Lyric Mariah (1995 or 1996) African-American - is a foot amputee.
- Damion Gross (1998) African-American - is gay - has cerebral palsy.
- Marissa Bode (2000) African-American / White - is disabled, a wheelchair user - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Cat Burns (2000) Liberian - is queer - is autistic and has ADHD - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Leo Long (2001) Japanese - is autistic.
- Tylan Grant (2001) Zambian / White - is autistic - is a trans man.
- Gloria May Eshkibok (?) Mohawk, Ottawa, and White - is two-spirit (she/her) - has one eye.
- Diana Elizabeth Jordan (?) African-American - has cerebral palsy.
- Sky Cubacub (?) Filipino / White - is non-binary (they/them/xem/xyr) - has anxiety and panic disorders, undiagnosed stomach disorder, polycystic ovarian syndrome, depression, C-PTSD, and environmental illness - has spoken up for Palestine! 🇵🇸
- Rosalina Oktavia (?) Monégasque - is a left leg above the knee amputee.
- Lachi (?) Igbo Nigerian - is blind.
- Amelia Fei (?) Taiwanese - is autistic.