Social media is often blamed for causing problems- whether it's our relationships, our attention spans or our entire lives.

But there's also room for good online. Just look at #BlackLivesMatter, #TimesUp or #MeToo.

Now a new community has been galvanized by an Instagram hashtag aiming to bring together those with disabilities, and give control over their identity.

#whenIcallmyselfdisabled was launched on Instagram last week by @crutches_and_spice (real name Imani Barbarin). In a video on her feed, she explains that she's decided to start the hashtag with the aim of giving disabled people control of their identity and the language and conversation surrounding disability.

In the short video, which includes commentary from other people with different disabilities, Imani says: ‘So often we see “disability” as such a wrong and horrible thing. But in reality it’s an identity that helps bring people together. I hope that by starting a hashtag like this, people feel less alone.’

She added that she hopes the hashtag will help those with disabilities (and those without) be able to own the word 'disabled' explaining ‘I’ve often heard when I’ve called myself disabled ‘that’s not who you really are’ or ‘that’s a horrible thing to say about yourself’ but no, it’s really not – I’m happy to be disabled, I’m proud of who I am, I’m not going hide away and pretend like it doesn’t exist and I’m not going to make any sort of euphemism to make you feel better’.

You can watch Imani's video below:

Instagram has a thriving community dedicated to creating visibility for disabled people and starting a conversation. Take, for example Lauren Watson, an aerial, movement performer and artist, @sitting_pretty who narrates her experiences and thoughts on disability through memoirs and photographs, @able.body who discusses uses her platform to discuss having Cerebral Palsy while being able-bodied, and @erinunleashes who is a writer, artist and wheelchair user, and @tess.daly (to whom I will personally be forever grateful for showing me how to apply highlighter properly).

Whether disabled or able-bodied, there's lessons that we can all take from the #whenIcallmyselfdisabled about the type of language we should be using to talk about disability in 2019, and how to promote a healthy dialogue. Therefore instead of scrolling through holiday FOMO on our commutes today, we're going to suggest that you take some time out of your day to read what contributors to the hashtag have to say.

Here are just a few of the posts that #whenIcallmyselfdisabled has inspired in the last few days...