My name is Alexandria, though in my posts, I go by Lexi. I am a nineteen year old artist, photographer, self-taught dancer, and writer. I enjoy the Arts and I watch hockey in my free time. I have Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, a childhood autoimmune disease, which I was diagnosed with when I was a baby.
I am invisibly disabled. I know that if I just say I'm disabled, someone is automatically going to assume I'm in a wheelchair. I'm not, and I never have been. Overall, I identify as disabled (because I am), but I know people are naturally going to assume and stereotype, and I personally want to avoid that as much as possible.
My goal is to become an author-illustrator. I want to write and illustrate my own picture books, along with writing Children's chapter books, along with Middle Grade and YA novels.
I started this blog to share my interests, practice my writing, and occasionally talk about how my autoimmune issues impact my artistic life.
With this blog, I hope to do what I can to dispel the stigma regarding arthritis and invisible disability, along with sharing my thoughts on books and other creative endeavors.
If you address me, identify me as she/her and disabled. No matter how much you want to, please do NOT address me as "differently-abled." I'm disabled, simple as that. I prefer identity-first language (i.e. disabled teenage girl).
I'm not going to get upset by person-first language (unless it's constantly used when referring to me), but don't call me "differently-abled" or "handicapable." Frankly, I find those terms to be demeaning, offensive, and misleading.
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