Why did the disability pride flag change?

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   This week, Living With Disabilities will touch base on the change of the Disability Pride Flag and Why the Flag made a transition from its original design to a new design.

 Change for the better or change is beneficial are phrases that we have all heard. Any way you phrase it, it all means exactly the same thing.

  If you have not read or listened to What's Disability Pride, It's highly recommended that you do so. The ADA celebrated its 33rd anniversary on July 26th, 2023, 33 years after former President George H.W. Bush signed it into law.

What else comes to mind when you think about the ADA? The Flag of Disability Pride. Let's discuss the Disability Pride Flag's new design and what the colors mean.

 The charcoal-gray backdrop pays tribute to and acknowledges the lives lost as a result of ableism, violence, negligence, suicide, rebellion, illnesses, and eugenics. Along with rage and protest, the background shows the treatment of disabled people.


 The diagonal bands that cut across the walls and barriers exclude persons with disabilities from society. It also stands for the ableist darkness-piercing creativity and brightness of the disability community.

The stripes representation

Green: is for those with sensory impairments, such as those who are blind, deaf, or both.

Blue: portrays psychological and emotional difficulties.

White: stands for hidden and untreated disabilities.

Gold: is for neurological diversity.

Red: represents Physical disabilities.


So, why was the change in the disability pride flag made by the designer Ann Magill in 2019 and changed from a zigzag (lighting blot) to a horizontal one in 2021? For people who have neurological conditions, the zigzag designs can offset their conditions. And can cause migraines, vomiting, vertigo, seizures, etc. Vertigo and seizures are conditions, and their symptoms are on the Gold neurological spectrum. 


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Reference links
https://www.umassp.edu/inclusive-by-design/who-before-how/disability-pride#:~:text=The%20Disability%20Pride%20Flag%20(above,%2C%20rebellion%2C%20illness%20and%20eugenics. 

 Podcast link

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/livingwithdisabilites/episodes/Why-did-the-disability-pride-flag-change-e27dtq8

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