Curious about the flag and its design? Here’s what we learned.
In 2019, writer Ann Magill, who has cerebral palsy, created the current disability pride flag with the collaboration of the disability community.
The diagonal band of 6 color stripes cuts across the barriers separating the disabled from society, representing light and creativity cutting through darkness.
The colors are muted to accommodate people with visually triggered disabilities.
The color stripes represent:
Red: Physical disabilities.
Gold: Neurodiversity.
White: Invisible disabilities and undiagnosed conditions.
Blue: Emotional and psychiatric disabilities.
Green: Sensory disabilities, including deafness, blindness, and other sensory impairments.
Faded Black Background: Mourning and rage for victims of ableist violence and abuse.
July is Disability Pride Month
As the largest and most diverse minority in the world, people with disabilities are a vital part of our community.
“…accepting and honoring each person’s uniqueness, and seeing it as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity. Disability pride is an integral part of an inclusive crusade and, furthermore, a direct challenge to systemic ableism and stigmatizing definitions of disability.”
Reshaping the way society view people with disabilities
“Disability doesn’t make you exceptional but questioning what you think you know about it does”
Visit our website to learn more about our nonprofit’s mission to provide mobility to wheelchair users.
You can visit the ADANetwork to learn more about how to support those with disabilities.
