July is Disability Pride Month, a month dedicated to promoting awareness, acceptance, and empowerment of people with disabilities. In addition, we take this opportunity to recognize the societal attitudes and barriers that continue to limit their full participation. This month, the Minnesota Council on Disability highlights the unique experiences and perspectives of people within our community. A guest blog post by Lance Hegland, citizen advocate.
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Disability Pride Stories: Reflections from MCD Staff
July is Disability Pride Month, a celebration of disability as an identity and culture. As part of our celebrations, we asked staff at the Minnesota Council on Disability: What does Disability Pride mean to you?
What Disability Pride Means to Me
July is Disability Pride Month, a month dedicated to promoting awareness, acceptance, and empowerment of people with disabilities. We also take this opportunity to recognize the societal attitudes and barriers that continue to limit their full participation. This month, MCD highlights the unique experiences and perspectives of people within our community. A guest blog post by Lauren Thompson, disability rights advocate.
Who I Was Meant to Be All Along
MCD is honored to share “Who I Was Meant to Be All Along” by artist Bart S Bartholomew. Please visit our Pride Event page, MCD at Twin Cities Pride, to find out when Bart will be at our Pride Exhibit Booth – as well as other info about MCD at Pride.
Bricks
Pride Guest Blog, by Adina Burke, “Bricks”. The Minnesota Council on Disability (MCD) is honored to share this written piece by Queer Poet, Adina Burke. Please visit our Pride Event page, MCD at Twin Cities Pride, to find out when Adina will be reading poetry at our Pride Exhibit Booth – as well as other info about MCD at Pride.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Reviewing the Basics
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), celebrated on the third Thursday in May, promotes awareness of digital accessibility and inclusion. Digital accessibility is an enormous and ever-growing collection of insights and solutions; really, it is as large as the field of technology itself. So, we present a few basic pieces anyone can use to improve accessibility. On this day, let us commit, or recommit, to making digital information more accessible and inclusive for everyone.