‘Disability culture must arise out of the spontaneous desire of disabled people to share our feelings, experiences and desires, our loves and hates, our pleasures as well as our sufferings, amongst ourselves. In other words, we have to make the choice that we want to identify ourselves as disabled people. We have to be willing to express our separate identity. There can be no disability culture without this freely made choice.’ —Vic Finklestein
Outdoors for Everyone
Join us on November 16
Time: 10 - 11 AM
Location: At the doors of Llyod Hall Recreation Center
Forest Bathing is only one week away! Join us at the Schuylkill Trail with Peg Schofield, registered Horticultural therapist who will lead us in a forest bathing activity with a community sharing after with light snacks.
We’re excited to partner with Liberty Resources and Liberty Home Choices to celebrate International Day of Disabled People with a new docu-movie, The Ride Ahead, by Sam Habib and Dan Habib. Samuel Habib, a typical 21-year-old, itching to move out, start a career, and find love. But no one tells you how to be an adult, let alone an adult with a disability. Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams?
Date: December 3, 2024
Location: Liberty Resources, 112 N. 8th Street, 2nd floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Two showings-
Matinee no panel: 2pm
Evening Show with panel discussion: 6pm
Doors open one hour prior to start time.
Concession style snacks and drinks available, while they last.
Reserve your spot on Eventbrite by using the button below.
Join us for a Philly screening of
The Ride Ahead
Accessibility features: The Ride Ahead will be shown with open captions, ASL interpretation, with audio description, the venue is wheelchair accessible, accessible restrooms, scent-free policy, and will have a sensory space located outside of the screening room.
Patrice: The Movie
December 11, 2024
Doors open at 12:30pm, Movie starts at 1pm
Q&A following the movie with Patrice Jetter, Gary Wickham, and Director Ted Passon
ASL and open captions will be available. For more information contact LaurenAlden@LibertyResources.org
LOCATION:
Liberty Resources Inc, 112 N. 8th Street, 2nd floor, Phila, PA 19107
Snacks and waters available.
A movie series in partnership with Liberty Resources and Liberty Home Choices.
HOLDIAYS ARE COMING! Your loved ones will thank you for their ‘disability pride’ gear.
Go to our Bonfire.com website here: Bonfire Shop
Bonfire Co. facilitates the ordering, screen printing, and shipping.
Images below made up of different designs on hoodies, bucket hats, sweatshirts, t-shirts, long sleeve tees, baseball cap, and tank.
Disability Pride Day at the Capitol
Thank you to Rep. Tarik Khan and Rep. Joe Hohenstein for supporting us and making these amazing videos!
Our story:
On March 12, 1990, the culmination of several actions took place as over 1,000 individuals marched from the White House to the U.S. Capitol, demanding the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Upon reaching the Capitol, about 60 individuals discarded their wheelchairs and other mobility devices, embarking on a crawl up the Capitol steps. This brave act, known as the “Capitol Crawl,” showed the barriers of inaccessible architecture for people with disabilities. It served as a harsh reminder of the pressing need for the ADA, which was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990.
On May 1, 2024, a historical moment in time occurred, Disability advocates from across the Commonwealth crawled up the front steps of the Capitol. The goal, to make a statement that if the front doors are open to the public then the entrance must be accessible. 142 people checked in, plus dozens of others, for this historic moment in Pennsylvania history and a few dozen advocates tossed their mobility devices and crawled the 67 steps to the front doors.
Earlier in the day we took our demands to senate and representatives offices inside the building (after having to come in the back doors). We discussed three things: (1) affordable accessible integrated housing, (2) accessible transportation, and (3) home and community based services. Thank you to the advocates from all over the commonwealth that came together to have our voices heard. #DisabilityStrong #HarrisburgCapitolCrawl Find out more
“The lack of media presence at the event is really telling of people’s attitudes towards people with disabilities.”
““We will be back until we have equal access!””
Thank you to our 2024 Corporate Partners!
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Learn how to become a corporate partner. Reach out to Ellen@DisabilityPridePA.org
The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center provides information, guidance, and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), tailored to meet the needs of businesses, government entities, organizations, and individuals in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, and WV). Learn more about us.