All disabled people have the right to the highest attainable standard of health, without discrimination. This section centers disabled people's expertise on their own bodies and experiences, informed by disability communities worldwide.
These pages are not medical encyclopedias. They are community-built resources that combine:
Each page starts as an overview and grows through community contributions. If you have expertise to share, see How to Contribute.
Different countries organize disability categories, healthcare systems, and support differently. Use the "Where Are You?" sections within each page to find country-specific resources.
Conditions affecting movement, mobility, strength, or physical function. Includes spinal cord injuries, limb differences, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophies, and many more.
Conditions affecting sight, hearing, or other senses. Includes blindness and low vision, Deafness and hearing loss, deafblindness, and sensory processing differences.
Ongoing health conditions that may fluctuate, require ongoing management, and affect daily life. Includes autoimmune conditions, fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, diabetes, heart conditions, and many more.
Neurological differences in how people think, learn, process information, and experience the world. Includes autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, Tourette syndrome, and more.
Conditions present from birth or early childhood affecting cognitive development, adaptive skills, or both. Includes Down syndrome, intellectual disability, and various developmental conditions.
Mental health conditions that significantly impact daily life. Includes depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, and personality disorders.
Disabilities that aren't immediately apparent to others. This identity-focused page explores the unique challenges, misconceptions, and community experiences of living with non-visible disabilities.
Living with two or more disabilities simultaneously. Addresses the compound challenges, intersecting access needs, and navigation strategies for people with multiple conditions.
Conditions affecting small populations, often with limited research, few specialists, and challenges finding community. Includes resources for diagnosis journeys and connecting with others.
Language matters. Some people identify strongly as disabled. Others prefer to say they have a health condition. Many use both terms depending on context. We use "conditions" to be inclusive while centering disability identity throughout.
See Language, Terminology & Identity for more on disability language.
This section acknowledges that impairments and health conditions are real — many require medical care, specialists, medications, or treatments. But we also recognize that much of what disables people are barriers created by society: inaccessible environments, discrimination, and systems not designed for us.
Both are true. Needing medical care and being disabled by society are not contradictory.
See Disability Models for more on different frameworks for understanding disability.
Many conditions could fit multiple categories. Fibromyalgia involves chronic pain (chronic illness), is often invisible, and may co-occur with other conditions. Autism is neurodivergence but also a developmental disability. Rather than forcing rigid categories, we use cross-links and acknowledge this complexity.
Each condition has one "home" page with full information, and other relevant category pages link to it.
Whatever condition(s) you have, you are not alone. Each page in this section includes:
For broader disability community connections, see Community & Peer Support.
If you've recently received a diagnosis, these pages aim to help you:
You don't have to figure everything out at once. Start with what you need most right now.
If you're looking for information to better support disabled people in your work or life:
Disabled people are the experts on their own conditions. These pages improve when community members contribute:
See How to Contribute to share your knowledge.