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Power, Privilege and Everyday Life This blog seeks to provide a visual representation of the everyday of “microaggressions.”

Enjoying Nature

"Howard McBroom is an activist, advocate, and motivational speaker living in Los Angeles, California who has devoted many years to providing support for the disability community."

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News

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  • What is Disability Pride Month?

  • Why is it in July? 

Observing Disability Pride Month this July

Celebrate Persons with Disabilities’ Inherent Dignity and Inalienable Rights

July is an occasion to celebrate people with disabilities, honor their inherent dignity and inalienable rights, promote their visibility, and applaud their achievements. 

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These 4 tips can bring your closer to the disabled people in your life.

Marginalized community members—queer people of color, non-binary or genderqueer folks, and the disabled queer community in particular—are often excluded from LGBT representation, raising an essential question: How can we build better communities that actually model the inclusivity we preach?

I'm a city girl living in Toronto. I love books, wine, galleries and gossip. I believe in always having an up-to-date passport and in doing the thing you always said you would.

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Motivational speaker

Oscar Best Actress | Mom of 4, wife of 1 | she/her 

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"See my work on the 5th floor of the Whitney Bienniel. Incomplete spinal cord injury & CRPS the most painful disease."

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Kelly - Disability ally and advocate

Helping you know better to do better for the disabled community.

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Do you see life as a journey? Are you looking for a path that personally empowers you? We are a group of self-advocates with developmental or intellectual disabilities who believe self-determination is essential to living our best life--the life we all deserve.

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Human rights lawyer advancing disability justice. Disability drives innovation. Author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.

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Digital safe space created to inspire, heal, educate, celebrate and amplify the voices of black disabled people globally. 

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Adding vintage fabulousness to life with disabilities and chronic illness.

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Changing perspectives through education & conversation. 

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An online resource devoted to people with mobility conditions, especially wheelchair and assistive technology users as well as caregivers and families.

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Parents with Disabilities

Representation. Community. Anti-ableism. Raising resilient, creative, solution-focused, kind, and Justice driven children.

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The Arc Minnesota

The Arc Minnesota provides information and assistance to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families statewide.

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Free Wheelin'

Blog about Karin's journey in life.

Life & Travel with a Disability
 

Karin, a writer, and travel blogger with a service dog, graduated with a Bachelor's degree in English from Stanford, and a Master's degree in Psychology from Antioch.

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One Love

One Love was founded to honor the unnecessary and tragic death of Yeardley Love by engaging young people through compelling, relatable films and honest conversations around healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors.

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Smart Hearing

blog on hearing loss appears weekly at AARP online and also appears on this web site. Katherine Bouton is the author of 'Shouting Won't Help' and 'Living Better With Hearing Loss'. 

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Websites | YouTube | Instagram and more

Appearance activist, speaker, new rollerskater,
wears the rainbow.

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Disabled before it was popular

Lazy Sunday
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I Weigh is about radical inclusivity,
so that no one feels alone. 

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RespectAbility is a diverse, disability-led nonprofit that works to create systemic change in how society views and values people with disabilities.

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Dis-Queer

Join accessABILITY, an Indianapolis based non-profit welcoming individuals around the country, as we host Dis-Queer, a peer-led, peer-supported safe space for LGBTQIA+ people with disabilities to connect and learn together.

I’m disabled and I make content about my life with autism, ADHD and chronic illness (hEDS)

I live with my husband Mr Purple, our three children, our cat Katsu and Coco my autism assistance dog.

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AbleHere…Disabled but able too

An online community website for disabled people, where we can chat and help each other by sharing our experiences. This network of disabled people is 100% free and run and controlled by disabled people.

Sex ed for the real world. Inclusive, comprehensive, supportive sexuality and relationships info for teens and emerging adults.

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Aprender A Quererme

Mi nombre es Mónica Vidal Gutiérrez, soy autista y madre de dos adolescentes posiblemente neurodivergentes ambos. Mi profesión es ingeniera de sistemas. Blog: #PresumirCompetencia

Clara Woods

My name is Clara. I am 16 years old. I had a stroke. I can't speak but I understand three languages.
I am a painter and a model.

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A Supportive Hug
Squirmy and Grubs

We are Shane (he/him) and Hannah (she/her). We've been dating for over four years (and we got married in September of 2020), and we've discovered that people find our relationship to be pretty peculiar...

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Unmasking the Stigma Behind Autism in Females 

We are Shane (he/him) and Hannah (she/her). We've been dating for over four years (and we got married in September of 2020), and we've discovered that people find our relationship to be pretty peculiar...

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Ahren Belisle
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Disabled comedian/engineer/mental health advocate

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Autism - How My Unstoppable Mother Proved the Experts Wrong: Chris Varney at TEDxMelbourne

Self-Determination Channel

By self-advocates for self-advocates

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Find webinars, stories and more

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The movement starts here. A project of Active Change.
FREE online trainings, webinars and tools.

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Short clips by people with disabilities on different topics. 

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