ADA 35 & Disability Pride Month

Graphic reads, "35 Years of the ADA, Disability Pride SC," followed by the Able SC logo. Features an illustration to the left of people, diverse in disabilities, ages, races, and genders.

This July, we welcome the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Disability Pride, while recognizing that this year feels less like a celebration and more like a focus on survival. Our rights are under threat. People with disabilities are under great stress as key laws that have brought us progress are being attacked. This month, Able SC is choosing to honor both the joy that Disability Pride month brings and the urgency that we face in advocating to keep our rights.

Events and ways to engage your disability pride for ADA 35:

  • Share your pride via our social media “disability of the day” series- found once a week on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
    • Videos featuring Able SC staff with disabilities. We will use the colors of the disability pride flag and what they represent to break down different types of disabilities, how we experience them, and how we’ve found pride in ourselves.
  • Engage your pride in a letter-writing campaign to your lawmakers
    • Link coming soon!
  • Equip your pride at the “State of Disability Pride SC: Virtual Town Hall on Our Rights” we’ll be hosting July 28 at 6 pm
  • Have Joy in your pride at the annual Disability Pride Night at Segra Park with the Columbia Fireflies on July 29, gates open at 6 pm
    • Able SC will be there in section 111 sporting our disability pride colors!
    • What does that mean?
      • We plan to celebrate our personal pride by showing up and showing off the colors of the disability pride flag that represent us. Show your disability creativity with your outfit!
        • On the Disability Pride Flag each color stripe holds meaning:
          • 🔴 Red: physical disabilities
          • 🟡 Gold: neurodiversity
          • ⚪ White: non-apparent/invisible & undiagnosed disabilities
          • 🔵 Blue: psychiatric disabilities (sometimes called emotional disabilities)
          • 🟢 Green: sensory disabilities (deafness, blindness, sensory processing, etc.)
          • ⚫ Faded black background: mourning & rage for victims of ableist violence 💔
          • On the flag, the diagonal band of colors cuts across the barriers separating the disabled from society, representing light and creativity cutting through darkness.

Able SC will also be at work this month:

Keep up with all we have planned for this month and in the future by following us on social media and signing up for our emails so you’re up-to-date’ and in-the-know: https://www.able-sc.org/mailing-list/

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