@disabilityinsight

Tomorrow is July! Tomorrow starts Disability Pride Month! Alright. Some disabled people absolutely love Disability Pride Month, and others absolutely hate it. Both are okay. It isn’t our place, as allies, to assume or to expect a disabled individual, or the disability community in general, to be active “participants” this month who are willing and wanting to educate. July - the same month the ADA was passed 32 years ago on the 26th - is intended to offer a specific period for these individuals to raise awareness, however they choose to, and we as the non-disabled community can observe and learn. I mention in these slides that Disability Pride Month isn’t about allies (of course), and we should be bettering ourselves year-round (of course). However, allies should be meeting the efforts of the disability community this month by actively working towards dismantling our internal ableism and learning, truly, about disability history and the reality of disability experiences (positive or negative) influenced by various external models. Disability Pride has no room for allies, this is true - but we can commemorate (not contribute) in our own ways independently so those who are disabled don’t feel burdened or obligated to educate us if they don’t wish to. I, for one, am choosing to not post for the month of July out of respect for the amazing disabled advocates who I know will be working (and have worked) tirelessly to educate. That’s why I’m posting this today. See you in stories to spread their lessons. ☀️ ID in captions. Hashtags #Disability #Disabled #DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityInsight #DisabilityRights #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityAlly #DisabilityAllyShip #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityJustice #Ally #Allyship #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityAdvocacy #Advocate #Advocacy #Inclusion #InclusionMatters #Accessibility