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Disability Pride
Accepting and honoring our uniqueness and seeing it as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity.Pride comes when we celebrating our own heritage, culture, unique experiences and contributions.
- Disability Pride recognizes the power that we can make changes.
- Disability Pride is there when we are able to challenge and undo the negative beliefs, attitudes, and feelings and systematic oppression that comes from the dominate groups’ who think that there is something wrong with our identify or our disabilities.
- Disability Pride rejects shame and the need to “blend in”.
- Disability Pride is self acceptance and validation of our uniqueness.
- Disability Pride results in making choices based on the respect for interdependence, accommodations, and creativity.
- Disability Pride is the feeling of strong connection with a community of other people.
- Disability Pride recognizes that it is our uniqueness that will transform all people and institutions.
