What's Disability Pride?

  

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  This week, Living With Disabilities will touch on Disability Pride. What is Disability Pride?

Before diving into the post for today, Living With Disabilities wishes to note that this year, our community has been unusually quiet, raising questions about what has been happening.  

  In honor of the ADA's 25th anniversary, the former mayor of New York  Bill de Blasio established July Disability Pride Month. Disability Pride Month celebrates the ADA's (Americans with Disabilities Act) enactment, encourages exposure, acceptance, and acknowledgment, and informs people on how to be an ally. Reminding everyone that individuals with disabilities matter and have the same values and rights as those without disabilities is another goal of the campaign.

  July is the month to give a chance to "honor each person's uniqueness as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity." according to America's Disability Community. And encourages allies by increasing their exposure, positive awareness, acceptance, and appreciation. Reminding everyone that individuals with disabilities matter and have the same values and rights as those without disabilities is another goal of the campaign.

 This is an opportunity to celebrate each person's individuality as a natural and lovely aspect of who they are as a person. People of All Kinds.

Disability Even after eight years, Pride maintains its status as a relatively recent title. Since it is not recognized, many groups do not observe it in the same way that we observe other Pride months (LGBTQIA+ Pride, Black History, AAPI, etc.) However, October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which highlights the numerous and varied contributions of American workers with disabilities and increases awareness of disability employment challenges.

Disability Pride Month focuses on allyship, constructive influence, and accepting the community's disabilities. It's about realizing how distinctive they are because of their unique attributes.   

 Thanks to social media and the internet which helped promote awareness of Disability Pride Month and what it means to individuals with disabilities and to those who work with them. Employers may take advantage of this month to make their workplaces more accessible to workers with disabilities.

When it comes to creativity, People with challenges are marginalized by society. As a result, At the organizational, social, and individual levels, disability is frequently disregarded in DEI activities. Disability Pride Month gives a chance for those without disabilities to support employees with disabilities more effectively. 

Living With Disabilities Presents: The Advocacy Table

a space created for people with disabilities to be able to have freedom of speech and talk on different topics surrounding the disability community. To get more details, check out The Advocacy Table. To become a panelist, Write into the show and let the host know what topic you want to talk about. She will then send out a group email to all panelists after the show has reached five or ten people. After the show, a survey will be emailed to you, and we would love to get your feedback.

If you need online support, Disability Safe Haven is great for receiving support. The We Care Team is very protective of its members and asks everyone who joins, to have a profile picture and answer the security questions.

Reference Link
How to Celebrate Disability Pride Month - Emtrain

Podcast Link
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/livingwithdisabilites/episodes/Whats-Disability-Pride-e26i4qk


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