Not Dead Yet DPAC event:
I got a ticket for the not dead yet event but incase I can't make it here's my contribution: I can share it on socials too. ----- Not Dead Yet by Sarah Wingfield Author, Independent Disability Advocate. Not dead yet — But I’ve wanted to die. Wished for comas. Whispered quiet goodbyes. I'm disabled, you see. In agony. Constantly. Pain — chronically. But my disability You can’t see. It's invisible to the naked eye, Hidden deep within me. Don’t mistake me. Don’t forsake me. Don’t throw me away. Don’t silence me. I'm an advocate. A warrior. A mother. A conjurer — Who actions positive change. Don’t abandon me. Don’t quit on me — Especially on the days I seem estranged. Not dead yet — Just trying to survive. Trying to change the world. Trying to thrive. Not dead yet — But told I should have been. A burden on society — The internal screams. I was hidden away. Bedridden decay. Abandoned by the system. But I fought my way Out of there. Not dead yet — But could’ve been convin...