She’s Been Sad for Too Long — Now She Fights

She’s Been Sad for Too Long — Now She Fights

~There is still plenty to be done and plenty to appreciate, when you're naturally a powerful voice~ ❤️

She’s been sad for too long.

Pushed to the sidelines.

Talked over. Misunderstood. Silenced.

Not because she was wrong.

But because she was right in a world that would rather bury the truth than be accountable to it.

She is disabled. She is autistic. She is tired.

But not done.

The systems failed her. The support services promised help, but quietly withdrew when it became politically inconvenient. The same people who said they stood for equality, backed off the minute her story became too “controversial” for comfort.

She was ostracised, cast out of her own community, ridiculed by strangers who had never lived a day in her body. And worst of all, punished for being visible.

They treated her like a threat when all she wanted was understanding.

They treated her like a problem to solve, rather than a person to support.

But she’s not here to make them comfortable. She’s here to speak. To act. To rise.

There was a time she almost gave up. When the sadness wrapped around her like fog and made her doubt whether there was any point left in trying.

But then she remembered—change never came from the easy route.

Change came from voices like hers.

Unpolished. Raw. Honest.

Voices that shake people awake.

She may be one woman, but she holds power. Not the kind you can fake with a suit and a title.

The kind of power that lives in truth.

In lived experience.

In survival.

Now, she fights harder—not just for herself, but for every disabled person who's been ignored, gaslit, or punished for daring to speak.

She wants to inspire others to stop apologising for being different and start demanding what is rightfully theirs:

Accessibility.

Safety.

Dignity.

Justice.

Let them try to silence her again.

She’s louder now.

Not in volume, but in conviction.

To anyone reading this who feels like giving up—don’t.

There’s still a battle worth fighting.

There’s still beauty in the storm.

And you are not alone.

Together, we rise.

And we change the world, one unfiltered truth at a time.

I may be someone who knows what it’s like to be shut out, but I will always choose to show up anyway.

Sarah Wingfield ❤️ 

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