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Disability Pride Month – July 2024

Join Us in Celebrating Disability Pride Month!

On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law declaring comprehensive civil rights for people with disabilities. In July 2015 the first official Disability Pride Day was celebrated in Boston to mark the 25th anniversary of the ADA, and the law recently received an update to include web accessibility for state and local governments.

Disability Pride Month is an important time to celebrate our diverse and distinctive bodies and minds, all beautiful and worthy of dignity and respect.

Many of us have been socialized to think that disability is a word to avoid, but that fear is more reflective of ableist notions that persist to shame, stigmatize, medicalize, and dehumanize. Disability Pride is about reframing our understanding of disability as something that exists along a spectrum of human identity.

Acknowledging the physical and cognitive differences among our Emerson community members and having pride in our individuality means understanding how our culture, systems, and structures can limit access, and committing to deepening our support for access needs so that everyone can fully participate in any activity.

We value the talent and brilliance of our disabled and neurodivergent community members, and are invested in doing the work to continue to make shifts that better support the multiplicity of access needs among our students, staff, and faculty. Please explore the events and resources below to learn more about Disability Pride Month.

Events

Museum of Science Disability Pride Celebration with Disability Pride Flag outline shape. Join the museum's full-day celebration of the disability community.
Boston Museum of Science Disability Pride Celebration
City of Boston ADA Day. July 17, 2024, 12pm - 2pm, 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201. Join the Boston Disability Commission, local organizations, and the disability community to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
City of Boston ADA Day 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pink background with logo for Long Beach Disability Pride. Save the Date. Friday, July 26, 2024, 5pm - 7pm. Free Family Friendly Event Celebrating Disability Pride. Sponsorship Opportunities Available. Vending Opportunities for Disability Owned Businesses. Resources, Vendors, Entertainment, and More! LBCDisabilityPride@gmail.com.
Long Beach, California, Disability Pride Events 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off-white background with an orange frame that has green, purple, orange, white, and green text boxes with purple sparkles, and a QR code that links to https://tinyurl.com/curtainsdigital. Text Says: The Curtains Project: Zoom Edition; Free disability theatre, artmaking, and storytelling workshop...all online!; Date: August 11th, 2024; Time: 5:30-6:30pm, Eastern Standard Time; Venue: Zoom (an event link will be sent to interested participants closer to the event date); Meet in kinship with other disabled adults to encounter techniques in accessible storytelling, art making, and dialogue surrounding intersectional identity to share and construct personal narratives, broaden perspectives, and celebrate our innate “fierce creativity”. No previous experience is necessary, you are the expert of you! This free and sensory-friendly workshop is for adults of any gender identity, who identify as disabled, neurodivergent, and/or chronically ill. We are asking some questions on the interest form linked below about how we can support you best; Interested? Fill out an interest form at https://tinyurl.com/curtainsdigital; If you want a video or any more information about the workshop, online platform, or would like to discuss accommodations, contact session facilitator Julia Whitten at julia_whitten@emerson.edu.
Curtains Project, Free Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learn More

Boston Public Library Disabled, Not Unable, Booklist for Adults, Teens, and Children, 2024. Photograh of a smiling person with black hair in buns with green eyeshadow, pink gloves, and pink bodice against a bright blue background. BPL.org.
Boston Public Library Disabled, Not Unable Booklist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Progressive's Style Guide by Hanna Thomas (SumOfUs.org) and Anna Hirsch (ActivistEditor.com) with several rocks painted with different faces and hairstyles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FWD-Doc in association with Doc Society supported by Netflix presents A Toolkit for Inclusion & Accessibility: Changing the Narrative of Disability in Documentary Film. Image Description: A horizontal poster advertising the film ‘Crip Camp, A Disability Revolution’. 1970’s sunny outdoors, a young Black man, Alan Freeman, has a guitar over his shoulder and he stands, smiling, behind a white man, Neil Jacobson, who is using a wheelchair.
A Toolkit for Inclusion & Accessibility: Changing the Narrative of Disability in Documentary Film