Celebrating Disability Pride Month!
July is Disability Pride Month!
Disability Pride Month occurs in July to celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990. This landmark ruling prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
1 in 4 adults in the U.S. has a disability.
Rates of violence including rape and sexual assault are at least 3x higher among people with disabilities.
Between 24-50 million Americans have an autoimmune disease. As many as 4 out of 5 of those people are women.
A disability means that someone has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. This includes a wide variety of things we can and cannot see on others like traumatic brain injuries, blindness, celiac disease, pregnancy-related conditions, and many more.
The faded charcoal base represents the mourning of people with disabilities victimized by ableism or lost to disability-fueled violence. It also illuminates the rage and protest against the mistreatment of people with disabilities.
The slanted formation is a symbolic contrast to the vertical walls and horizontal ceilings that resonate with feelings of isolation among some members of the disability community.
Disability Pride Flag Colors
Green represents sensory disabilities, including blindness, deafness, and other sensory conditions.
Blue represents psychiatric disabilities, such as PTSD, depression and other mental disorders.
White represents invisible disabilities and/or undiagnosed conditions.
Gold represents neurodiversity like cognitive and intellectual disabilities.
Red represents mobility disabilities and autoimmune diseases.
