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July is Disability Pride Month! This month marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a law passed in July 1990 that protects people with disabilities in many areas of public life. From parking spots to website accessibility, these protections ensure fair and equitable accommodations. The inclusive disability pride flag, marked by five distinct colors, illustrates the many ways in which persons may experience a disability: - Green is for sensory disabilities. - Blue represents emotional and psychiatric disabilities. - White stands for non-visible and undiagnosed disabilities. - Gold is for neurodiversity. - Red represents physical disabilities. The stripes are displayed on a faded charcoal black background, which commemorates and mourns disabled people who’ve died due to ableism, violence, negligence, suicide, illnesses and other factors. According to Getty Images, less than 1% of ads represent people with disabilities. For those who are present, the visual emphasis is on their disability rather than authentic everyday living. How is your brand engaging the disabled community? To learn more about Disability Pride Month, click here: https://bit.ly/3VLmLtC #DisabilityPrideMonth #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #InclusiveMarketing

July is Disability Pride Month! As we celebrate the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed on 7/26/90, let’s make it a time to honor the history, achievements, experiences, and struggles of the disability community. People with disabilities deserve to live full, self-determined, independent lives—just like everyone else. This year’s theme is “We Want a Life Like Yours,” reflecting the disability community’s dreams for life experiences that are too often denied. For me, this is personal. Can you imagine having a child who doesn’t have friends knock on the door to ask him to play or one who doesn’t get invited to sleepovers and rarely gets invited to birthday parties? Yes, people are polite (most of the time) but he is still treated like a “sometimes friend”. While we’ve made progress, discrimination and ignorance still persist. Let's use this month to educate ourselves, advocate for change, and create a more inclusive society for all. Together, we can do better! #DisabilityAwareness #InclusionMatters

dLCV has launched its 2024 dLCV Public Input Survey!   dLCV’s annual public input survey is an opportunity for people with disabilities, advocacy partners, family members, and everyone else, including the general public, to comment on what we should be working on in FY 25. The dLCV Board’s Public Awareness and Goals Committee develops a new instrument every year which we all distribute to the community. dLCV uses this instrument to not only create our annual Goals and Focus Areas, but we can also incorporate specific ideas into our actual objectives.   We have a few changes in issue selection and categories this year, as well as the addition of a few other questions.   We need to know what issues are important to you and your family. Your input will be a valuable part of how we serve people with disabilities in the coming year. Thank you for your time!   https://lnkd.in/dDXMxVA8

📣 July is #DisabilityPrideMonth and today marks the 34th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act - this is a great time to amplify the achievements, innovation, and resilience of the disability community while recognizing the challenges we face in our daily lives. Whether you can create change on a grand scale or within your own sphere, everyone can contribute to a more inclusive and accessible world. Here are some ways you can move beyond platitudes and actually take real, concrete steps: ⭐️ Become informed: Educate yourself about various disabilities and the lived experiences of those communities. Connect with a local disability support agency or advocacy group and find out how you can best support their efforts. 🔎 Examine your biases: Unconscious biases exist in all of us. Challenge your assumptions about ability and actively create welcoming spaces that are truly accessible to everyone. 🫶 Show your support: Although they are often at the forefront of inclusion and accessibility innovation, many entrepreneurs with disabilities experience discrimination from funders, employees, and customers. By supporting their businesses, we contribute to a more diverse and inclusive economy. #InclusiveSpaces #InclusionMatters #DisabilityIncusion

Amazing Olympic Ski Medalist and author Bonnie St. John reminded me that today is the anniversary of the #ADA Although The Americans With Disabilities Act was established before the Internet, it does now apply. 96.3% of the top million homepages did not comply with ADA standards in 2023. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are the de facto standard for digital accessibility. If you do one thing today, learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8BEFk29 Accessible websites benefit everyone, not just those with disabilities. #compliance #disabilityadvocate #digitalmarketing

Did you know that July is #DisabilityPrideMonth? Disability Pride Day was first held in 1990 following the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (#ADA). 2015 marked the first year that Disability Pride Month was officially celebrated! The Americans with Disabilities Act includes individuals with #addiction and people in #recovery from substances. It's important to remember that not all disabilities are inherently "visual". Practice being more inclusive to people with disabilities by: 🧠 Accept people with disabilities AS THEY ARE: They don't need you to "fix" or change them. 🧠 Educate yourself: Do research or read books on how to best support the disabled community. 🧠 Amplify disabled voices: Share content directly from the disabled community. Start thought-provoking conversations with people from the disabled community; learning directly from the source will give you better empathy and understanding than anywhere else. There are so many ways to flex your ally muscles during Disability Pride Month! 🔗 below is the source for this post. Read through to learn about more ways to become a stronger #ally 💚 #ElevateRecoveryCenters #recoverycenter #glenburnie #maryland #info

This week we celebrate the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA. Passed in 1990, the ADA is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Disability Rights Louisiana provides free civil legal aid and programmatic services to people with disabilities in Louisiana of all ages. Much of this work, in addition to our work on policy and community outreach, helps to ensure that employers, state and local governments, businesses open to the public, commercial facilities, transportation providers, and telecommunication companies are following the requirements of the ADA. This law, advanced by the work of so many passionate, knowledgeable advocates and signed by President George H.W. Bush is the backbone to ensuring equal access in so many areas of our lives and those we care about. These include the right to receive essential health services, access to buildings and programs, equal opportunities in employment and education, accessible housing, the rights of those in institutions, protection for those receiving benefits such as Social Security, access to assistive technology, the ability to vote, and programs helping with storm recovery. Follow this link https://lnkd.in/gSn4q-cR to learn more. Join us in celebrating the ADA, which is so essential to our ongoing fight to protect, advocate for, and empower people with disabilities across our state to thrive in our communities, free from abuse, neglect and exploitation. #ADA34 #thankstotheada33

Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July and is an opportunity to honor the history, achievements, experiences, and struggles of the disability community. Why July? It marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), landmark legislation that broke down barriers to inclusion in society. 2024 Theme: “We Want a Life Like Yours” This theme reflects the disability community’s dreams for life experiences that they are too often denied. People with disabilities deserve to live full, self-determined lives, just like everyone else. Yet discrimination persists for the 1 in 4 U.S. adults living with a disability. You can make a difference by helping educate your elected officials, friends, and strangers alike about policies that harm or strengthen the quality of life of people with disabilities including bleeding disorders. What are you proud of? What do you want people without disabilities to know? Share your videos, pictures, or written answers on social media using hashtags #DisabilityPride and #DisabilityPrideMonth.

Today we celebrate the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act! Passed in 1990, the ADA is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Disability Rights Louisiana provides free civil legal aid and programmatic services to people with disabilities in Louisiana of all ages. Much of this work, in addition to our work on policy and community outreach, helps to ensure that employers, state and local governments, businesses open to the public, commercial facilities, transportation providers, and telecommunication companies are following the requirements of the ADA. This law, advanced by the work of so many passionate, knowledgeable advocates and signed by President George H.W. Bush is the backbone to ensuring equal access in so many areas of our lives and those we care about. These include the right to receive essential health services, access to buildings and programs, equal opportunities in employment and education, accessible housing, the rights of those in institutions, protection for those receiving benefits such as Social Security, access to assistive technology, the ability to vote, and programs helping with storm recovery. Follow this link https://lnkd.in/gSn4q-cR to learn more. Join us in celebrating the ADA, which is so essential to our ongoing fight to protect, advocate for, and empower people with disabilities across our state to thrive in our communities, free from abuse, neglect and exploitation. #ADA34 #thankstotheada33