Disability Pride
We will be hosting events for Disability Pride this week:
Monday July 18 - Sunday July 24.
What is Disability Pride?
Disability Pride was spurred in 1990 in the US, when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed on July 26, 1990. The ADA is a law the prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in areas of public life and affords people the rights to certain accommodations. Disability Pride Day was celebrated months later, and Disability Pride Parades and other events have occurred in July since then.
Disability Pride Month was celebrated July 2015, 25 years after the ADA was signed and continues to be celebrated in July.
Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins discusses her participation in the Capitol Crawl, which demonstrated the need for the ADA in a very public way.
Disability Pride Month celebrates disabled persons embracing their disabilities as integral parts of who they are, reclaiming visibility in public and interacting fully with their disabilities out in the open, and rejecting shame and internalized ableism. It is a time for the disability community to come together, uplift, and amplify one another’s voices and be heard. Disability pride has been described as “accepting and honoring each person’s uniqueness and seeing it as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity.” Source
References
https://adata.org/learn-about-ada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_Pride_Month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_Pride_Parades
7 Cups Events
Check out the post below to learn more about who Disability Pride is for
Forums
Disability Pride Flag: How you Relate
Disabled People or People with Disabilities
Positive Portrayals: Disability in the Media
Chatrooms
Adults
July 26 9pm ET magicalOcean594 will host a session
Teens
July 21st 10am ET Self Confidence with whenitsdarklookforstars
July 21st 1pm ET Open Chat with MyNameisNicole
July 26th 10am ET Spreading Awareness with whenitsdarklookforstars
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@AffyAvo
Thank you for the announcement! I'm looking forward to the disability pride week!
@audienta Thanks!
Who is Disability Pride for?
To answer that I think we need to state what disability is - and that's not easy! There are so many definitions and ways to view disability.
I'm going to take some text from here, you can read the whole thing if you like.
Disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person's body and mind and features of the society in which they live. ... It can be the cause, as well as the result, of disease, illness, injury, or substance abuse.
Because of its complexity, there is no single, harmonized “operational” definition of disability
The most widely accepted definition of disability is provided by the World Health Organization:
Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations.
Disability at 7 Cups
The disability support section states
This is a safe place to get support and connect with others who have chronic illnesses, chronic pain, and impairments. You are not alone, we’re an inclusive community and here to support you.
We welcome everyone who connects with any of those to celebrate Disability Pride with us, you do not need to use a disability label personally. If you are disabled, have a chronic illness, have chronic pain, are neurodivergent, etc. you are welcome! If you do not connect with any of those, you are also welcome to celebrate with us and be an ally to those of us who are here!
@AffyAvo
Very well explained, thank you❤️
@MyNameIsNicole Thanks, I hope anyone who wants to celebrate Disability Pride or get support here feels welcome!
😍😍😍well explained
@AffyAvo
Happy Pride Month Everyone! Let’s celebrate it and not be ashamed to! ❤️
@goldenLion1121 Yes!!! ❤️
@AffyAvo
Hi Affy! 😊❤️ Thank you so very much for this amazing forum post that you created! Truly brilliant my friend! I am an ally of those with disabilities in real life as well as here on 7 cups. *high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️
@SparkyGizmo Thanks for joining us! High 5s back!
@AffyAvo
❤️❤️❤️
Look forward to this week so much!!
@wonderfulRainbow817 Yes! I had heard of the Capitol Crawl before but I learned a fair bit just getting the info to write this!
Have any see crip camp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
really good disability
Documentary film
@Goalsforlife I haven't heard of that, I will have to watch it sometime! Thanks for sharing that!
I'm not ashamed to be disabled because it doesn't define my value as a person I guess, but I'm absolutely not proud to be disabled. It sucks and completely ruined my life. Disabled is not a good thing to be. It's not something to be ashamed of but definitely not something to be proud of. Disabled people like us aren't bad people for being disabled, nor are we worth less, but speaking as someone with severe physical disabilities, it absolutely sucks being disabled and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I hate being disabled. I would give anything to just be a normal human who can live a normal life.
Being disabled is absolutely NOT something to be ashamed of or hate yourself for. But the state of actually being a disabled person sucks and I'm not proud of going through something that continues to ruin my life every single day. I can't have pride in the very root of all my problems in life. I hate it. I hate that this is what my life became. I'm not ashamed to be disabled but I hate being disabled and could never be proud of it because it's a miserable experience I wouldn't wish on anyone.
@tluper6491 You're definitely not alone in that and while looking into Disability Pride Month in general, I came across people who wished it used a different term other than pride.
I am definitely someone where if I had the option my body would change where I wasn't disabled. Other people wouldn't wish the same way though, they would just wish society would change, they wouldn't want to change themselves. I think some of that is based on type of disability although not completely.
I hope you still do feel included with it, even if you don't feel pride in being disabled. I think the description I had copied gives a lot of different aspects why disabled people would want to be involved, and I don't think anyone has to connect with all of them to participate in Disability Pride Month.
Hello, I am struggling with an undiagnosed physical health condition, and am just coming to grips with now being disabled. It’s difficult dealing with ableism and judgement especially when I don’t want to make a fuss. I’m new to this app, and looking to see if there’s anyone who I could please talk to, who perhaps has experience with these kind of difficulties and could give some advice and comfort for a very scary new part of my life? I’m not sure where I should ask this so I hope putting a message on this thread is okay xx