People With Disabilities Share Their Sexiest Selfies

#disabledpeoplearehot has seen hundreds of disabled people posting their favourite selfies along with empowering messages about why they wanted to post.

The hashtag began earlier this week and has since seen thousands of disabled social media users sharing the upbeat message.

Disabled people have been posting their hottest selfies - and empowering messages - under the hashtag #disabledpeoplearehot, which has promptly gone viral across social media. DisabledPeopleAreHot. What about it?'

@kannchy added to the viral tag, posting this picture and writing: 'According to ableists: I can’t look nice + be disabled. LOL'

Disability awareness consultant Andrew Gurza, 34, started the hashtag, telling MailOnline: 'Disabled people are so often desexualized and infantilized, and I hope this hashtag changes that'

The hashtag began after disability awareness consultant Andrew Gurza, 34, who has cerebral palsy, started it.

He told MailOnline: 'I created #DisabledPeopleAreHot for fun, and to show that disabled people can be sexy and feel good about themselves.

'Disabled people are so often desexualized and infantilized, and I hope this hashtag changes that. I was actually surprised that the hashtag hadn't already been used, so I ran with it.

'I am so happy that people love the tag and what it means for disabled people to be seen.'

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Many of the posts carry emotional messages about why they decided to put their sexiest selfies on such a public profile.

@letsflyfree wrote: 'Story time: I avoid all kinds of photos that include my disability because I don't see myself that way. It's taken me a looong time to accept that I look pretty good - with or without my arm in photos #DisabledPeopleAreHot'.

zarifa_roberson, born with Arthrogryposis, a condition that causes curvature of the joints, posted this shot

@kannchy added: 'According to ableists: I can’t look nice + be disabled. LOL

'They’ll see me in my parking spot, point at my face, then to my placard & shake their finger... and that’s just 1 example of this.'

@girlryann2 wrote: 'In case you missed the memo, #disabledpeoplearehot. Don’t doubt me because my body doesn’t look or act like yours.'

Single mother Eileen Davidson, who has chronic arthritis, shared an image of herself holding her disabled parking permit, saying: 'I thought I was too young to get it [arthritis], til I learned children can too. I thought it was just joint pain, but after 4 years I know it is so much more than just joint pain.'

@thegaycousin penned: 'I'm in serious pain most of the time and have a permanent limp, but I still have a love of fashion and self expression! Disabled and attractive are not mutual exclusive - all bodies are beautiful, even if they aren't what you consider normal.'

Many people highlighted that disabilities aren't always visible.

@HaleyRenee1999 wrote: 'As someone with bipolar disorder (a mental illness that is considered a disability) I’m so glad the #DisabledPeopleAreHot tag is going around. Y’all are beautiful'