Disability Pride Month: Reflecting on Rights, Resistance, and the Fight Ahead

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This article reflects on Disability Pride Month, its origins in the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, and its adoption in the UK following the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act. It discusses what pride means for disabled people amidst the rollback of rights, drawing inspiration from past movements to encourage continued resistance. The piece notes there are 16 million disabled people in the UK and that Disability Pride Month arrived in the UK in 2015.

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This Disability Pride Month, we reflect on the what pride means to us amidst the roll-back of our rights and how movements from the past can inspire us to keep resisting.

July is Disability Pride Month, which began in America is 1990 after the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

There are currently 16 million Disabled people in the UK, with Disability Pride Month coming to the UK in 2015.

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This Disability Pride Month, we reflect on the what pride means to us amidst the roll-back of our rights and how movements from the past can inspire us to keep resisting.

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