Moorhead to mark Disability Pride Month with first community celebration

Celebrating Disability Pride Month against a backdrop of uncertainty

Photo by Envato for MI SILC Each July, our community observes Disability Pride Month. It’s a time to celebrate our experiences and show the world how people with disabilities move through and experience that world in a variety of different ways and that we live rich and rewarding lives that have value. We also celebrate the many wins in the disability rights movement with a special emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Signed into law…

Disability Pride Month: The ADA and the Modern History of Disability Rights in the U.S.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990, following years of advocacy from the disability community. This landmark civil rights legislation prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability across all aspects of public life, promoting equal access to education, employment, transportation, and other public spaces and services. It is thanks to the implementation of the ADA that buses have wheelchair lifts a…

Moorhead to mark Disability Pride Month with first community celebration

MOORHEAD — Each July, Nicole Atherton celebrates Disability Pride Month with friends, family and local disability organizations. Disability Pride Month is recognized annually as a celebration of people with disabilities and to commemorate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination based on disability. Atherton, a Moorhead woman with Down syndrome, said the celebration is important because people with disab…