What is Disability Pride?
Disability Pride is about disabled people celebrating their lives and place in the world.
Like other equalities and cultural groups disabled people often celebrate pride events in public, showing off their diversity, being proud of who they are. Disability pride is a central part of disabled people’s movements and poses a direct challenge to systemic disablism and negative representations of disability.
3rd December
Since 1992 the United Nations has promoted 3rd December as the International Day of Disabled Persons and often disability pride events will be organised to coincide with it.
Typically, a disability pride event would include arts and culture activities, performed by disabled artists, performers and speeches by disabled activists.
Disability and Carers Festival
Every year, on or around 3rd December, Disability Equality (nw) Ltd – in partnership with Preston Carers Centre, facilitates a ‘Disability and Carers Festival’. This event helps us celebrate Disability pride with our members, young disabled people from local schools and members of the public who wish to celebrate with us.
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