Disability Pride Month

What is Disability Pride Month?

Disability Pride Month happens every year in July to promote awareness about people with disability. It is a month to also celebrate the individual disability’s identity and be proud of it.

This event was created to celebrate the passing of the ‘Americans with Disabilities Act’ in July 1990 in the USA. It made discrimination against people with a disability illegal in the USA.

The Disability Pride Month has its own flag, with its own meaning behind it. The five-flag colour represents:  

Green – Invisible and undiagnosed disabilities

Blue – Mental illness

White – Sensory disabilities

Yellow – Neurodiversity and development disabilities

Red – Physical disabilities