Melody Powell on International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Melody Powell is a Disabled Pansexual Woman who is passionate about fighting for diversity, inclusion and representation. As an activist she highlights the importance of seeing all aspects of a persons identity such as the intersection between disability, sexuality, neurodivergence and mental health.

As part of a collaboration between mental health charity Mental Health Matters and LGBTQ+ disability empowerment charity ParaPride for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are sharing the lived experiences of disabled people who have faced mental health challenges.  

We sat down with Melody and asked three questions: