TPGA is observing Autism Acceptance Month by featuring accounts from autistic people about the differences accommodations (or lack thereof)
make in their lives. Today’s entry is a poem by Queerability founder Kris Guin, about embracing acceptance, the spectrums of intersectionality, and rejecting shame.

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[image: The international disability symbol,

in white, on a rainbow-striped background.]

Kris Guin

queerability.tumblr.com

Back and forth

Back and forth

Back and forth

Back and forth

Male and female

Male and female

Male and female

Male and female

One end of the spectrum

To another

Culture is made up of

Stimming

Stimming

And Pride

Pride in

Gender

Sexuality

And disability

Acronym

LGBTQ

Add D

For Disability

All parts of me

Included

Accepted

Respected

No fear

No shame

No hiding

Safe

Intersectionality

Embrace it

Honor it

Celebrate it

We are

Here

Queer

And disabled