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Attend a Wentworth Disability Pride Event

Part of the Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) Community? Then RSVP to the Disability Pride Month Celebration Social, Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

Attend a Boston Disability Pride Event

July is Disability Pride Month over a “Straight Diagonal” version of the Disability Pride Flag: A charcoal grey flag with a diagonal band from the top left to bottom right corner, made up of five parallel stripes in red, gold, pale grey, blue, and green

The Disability Pride Flag

a “Straight Diagonal” version of the Disability Pride Flag: A charcoal grey flag with a diagonal band from the top left to bottom right corner, made up of five parallel stripes in red, gold, pale grey, blue, and green

Disability Pride Flag designed by Ann Magill

The original flag design from 2019 was brighter with a lightning bolt pattern, but Magill redesigned it after receiving feedback from the community. The redesign included the muting of the original bright colors and straightening of the lightning bolt patterned stripes to reduce visual triggers. 

  • The diagonal band of stripes represents the cutting across the barriers that keep the disabled from full participation in society.
  • Red represents physical disabilities.
  • Muted black field (a charcoal grey) mourns the victims of violence and abuse against persons with disabilities.
  • Gold represents neurodivergence.
  • White represents invisible and undiagnosed disabilities.
  • Blue represents psychiatric disabilities.
  • Green represents sensory disabilities. 

Source: Here's What the Disability Pride Flag Represents by Nancy DeVault

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