July is Disability Pride Month

By respecting and appreciating the diversity within our LRCD communities, we can empower everyone to live their best life and promote equity and justice for all of our residents. We hope you enjoy these resources and events that help you learn about and celebrate the beauty in our differences, while acknowledging our shared humanity.

Disability Pride Month is a time to celebrate the work of disability rights organizers, elevate disabled voices, and reflect on the work that remains to break down barriers to full inclusion. We celebrate during the month of July to honor the anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990.




​What is the meaning of the disability pride flag? 
In an interview with The Accessible Stall podcast, writer Ann Magill, creator of the disability pride flag (in collaboration with other members of the disability community), shared what the colors on the disability flag represent.

• The faded black background represents "the anger and mourning over the eugenics and the neglect that disabled people have to fight against."
• Red represents physical disabilities.
• Gold is for neurodiversity.
• White represents invisible disabilities and disabilities that haven't yet been diagnosed.
• Blue stands for emotional and psychiatric disabilities, including mental illness, anxiety, and depression.
• Green is for sensory disabilities, including deafness, blindness, lack of smell, lack of taste, audio processing disorder, and all other sensory disabilities.

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Neuroqueer & Disabled Queer Pride Fest
The first event of its kind in New Hampshire!

Saturday, July 13
11am - 4pm
Henry Law Park, Dover NH
Reach out to @neuroqueer_nh on Instagram for more.

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​Disability Pride Reading Lists 
Disability Pride Reading List | Powell's Books (powells.com) 

Disability Pride Month: Recommended Reading | NC State University Libraries (ncsu.edu)
 
Podcasts Featuring Disabled Voices 
Secret Lives of the Disabled | Podcast on Spotify
 
Performance Artist Sally Greenhouse survived a catastrophic car accident that left her with a broken neck and spinal cord injury.  "Secret Lives of the Disabled" is a podcast that has as its focus individuals who become disabled in America due to accidents, chronic illnesses and debilitating pain often plunging them into poverty, housing insecurity and extreme isolation while rendering them as expendable Americans.  This podcast features guests from every profession addressing the consequences faced by formerly able bodied people, in mutually interactive conversations with Greenhouse, that include her chronicle of how she survives physical disability.
 
Easterseals | Everything You Know About Disability Is Wrong Podcast
 
Everything You Know About Disability is Wrong is a podcast for the disability community by the disability community, hosted by two disabled women. But if you're not disabled, listen in to learn about real issues, celebrations, and conversations disabled people are having in their communities.
 
Home - The Accessible Stall
 
The Accessible Stall is a disability podcast hosted by Kyle Khachadurian and Emily Ladau that keeps it real about issues within the disability community. Because they each have different disabilities and mobility levels, they approach their topics with two unique viewpoints, offering listeners a fresh insight into how differences in disability can color your experiences and perspectives. And they never shy away from offering their honest opinions, even if they go against the grain of the disability community at large.