Silent No More
‘Even though I have moved on, and you know, I have a great life now, I want to show that…
‘Even though I have moved on, and you know, I have a great life now, I want to show that…
“I say it now and a hundred time, I was laying there on the bed. With a big light on…
“When the fire alarm went off it, was like my worst nightmare coming true. The tutor of the class I…
photography by Denise Beckwith “I think for me one of the most important- well I think for me just to…
‘If resilience is a measure of how quickly we bounce back, I could be an olympic trampoline. So this is…
‘I was only six years old, and I was falling asleep. And then I asked him if I could go…
“With the impact of my sons death, and after having the girls and then a still born, five days before its…
‘Now many decades on, she was able to reveal for the first time the on going sexual violence she endured…
“When I went into the nursing home, I was there for nearly four years. My silent tears I’ve made a…
“Police arrived and approached him with tazers and guns drawn. I stood frozen, watching it all unfold, feeling powerless and waiting…
“ I was born in the tropical town of Darwin in 1981 to my Warlpiri mother Bess Nungurrayi Price and…
“Before the IUD, I had pills, to stop me from getting pregnant, I wanted to get pregnant. They wouldn’t let…
“My Silent Tears come from so many years of being misunderstood, of an inability to connect with my peers and…
“When I saw those four little words I knew, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder there was no there way out. I…
“It’s the most prevalent, its always the one thing I remember, I think of being in the dentist chair and…
‘She acquired a brain injury, vision impairment and physical disability as a result of domestic violence. The perpetrator, was her…
“Nobody know what go on in them. They are tears that we cry that nobody know about, that nobody sees…
‘When I was a child, it was the most horrific childhood, that I could ever imagine, its something that I…
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– Sylvia, Canada I totally lost it. You just drop, your body just drops. Then I was brought into the…
“In terms of my silent tears, it’s for him because somebody took his innocence truly, it’s for me, it’s for…
‘This is, indeed, a brutal story with an equally brutal conclusion. I do fit both labels: “disability from birth” and…
‘One time I did something wrong and my mother hit me so hard with the broom stick it broke on…
Kahnawake Mohawk of the Six Nations Confederacy and Pottowatomi of the Three Fires Confederacy. Bear Clan. – Mona Stonefish, Canada…
‘Lagrimas silenciosas son las que lloran dentro del alma’ ‘Silent Tears are those that are cried from inside your soul’…
“We are warriors. Every morning we get up and we do battle against the obstacles so as to be more…
“That’s kind of part of my vision for the future to be able to be well enough. I want to…
“I feel the main barrier we face is really in our minds because physical obstacles can be overcome, especially with…
“I had a normal childhood and I used to play with my siblings. I have 3 brothers and I’m close…
“People should acknowledge that I’m not just a pair of legs. I’m a whole person.” – Sonia, Guatemala 2017 “I…
“Faith really saved me. Anything is possible through faith.” – Irma, Guatemala 2017 “When I was twenty-three years old, a…
“You have to do the best for your life, your community, your society and your country.” – Jacky, Guatemala “When…
Ummul Kher, India, 2017 Photography by Marina George “Allowing a person with disability to exist, to just survive without getting…
“I think it wouldn’t matter much if I died. How long can you live your life in fear? Whatever happens…
Harapanku yang paling besar sekolah inklusi itu bisa semakin besar sekalipun mungkin bukan aku yang memiliki karena aku hanya mengawali…
Ngatinem Story Indonesia, 2016 Ngatinem Story “Saya adalah seorang ibu yang mempunyai tiga orang anak. Tiap orang tua pasti mendambakan…
For Syafrina and Indonesian woman with disabilty, marriage is an opportunity to gain acceptance in society. She met and fell…
‘ I have tried to talk about my experience to Dr’s but they don’t try to listen, they say that it…
Photograph of Adame and Kadi supplied by Rights of Girls, Mali 2015 ‘En tant que femme et en tant qu’activiste…
Jolijn, Netherlands, 2017 Photograph by Denise Beckwith “This is part of my personal testimony that I wrote in 2016 as…
‘I have overcome many things. The thing I like about my life now is that I look after all the…
– Rosyln, South Africa, 2017 Sexual violations against persons with mental disability is on the increase. In a systematic review…
‘I think it all comes from the family first, because the family need to accept you and when you grow…
‘All my brothers don’t want to hear anything about the rape. Even my mum she doesn’t want to talk about…
“They say tears taste like salt. I never had that experience till I became a child bride and my life…
‘As women we are the only ones that can carry two spirits, so we have to teach our men, we…
“In the safe house of Barrier Free Living in New York USA, are three extraordinary women with physical disability who…
