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Ask Gerianne has faced a few roadblocks but is still in the works! Please be patient and keep your questions coming!
Hey everyone! Unfortunately due to a lack of interest and other outside factors, we have made the decision to postpone this year’s virtual Disability Pride Parade. We hope to have something to share with you soon but in the mean time, keep an eye out for other exciting events hosted by others celebrating National Accessibility Awareness Week! We will be sharing many of them on our Facebook page.
Purchasing from the DisabilityPride.store is an excellent way to help support the work we do here at DisabilityPride.net. We are very fortunate to have an amazing community here and love seeing people show their Disability Pride with our merchandise.
Every purchase made from our store goes to help fund mundane things like website hosting costs and keeping the lights on, all the way to amazing events like our Disability Pride Parade (also, reminder! Get your images and videos submitted!) and Gerianne’s upcoming autobiography. We take great PRIDE in sharing these with you and if you have any DisabilityPride.net merchandise, share that with us for the Disability Pride Parade!
If you use a wheelchair or powerchair, we even offer customized bags that fit over the back! If there is anything you would like to see in our store, let us know! We want you to show your Disability Pride and if we can make something cool at the same time, everybody wins.
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We are happy to announce that we’re prepping for another Disability Pride Parade – Virtual Edition!
As with last year, we are doing this wholly online. We are asking for everyone who has a positive connection to the disabled community to send us an image, artwork, or short (less than 15 seconds) video expressing their disability pride.
We are so proud of our community and want to see that pride reflected everywhere. Show us your mobility devices, show us your art, show us your adaptive tech or gear, show us your PRIDE!!!
Disability Pride Parade!!!
(Virtual Edition)
When: May 31st to June 6th, 2021
Where: DisabilityPride.net Facebook Page
Who: Any individual, group, organization, artist, entrepreneur, entertainer, friend, family, or person who holds a positive attitude on disability, disability rights, and disability issues
What: Show off and celebrate disability pride in all it’s forms!
How: in lieu of a float, submit a representational image, or a 15-SECOND video to virtual2021parade@disabilitypride.net
no later than Wednesday, May 26th, 2021, at 11:59pm
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By Mary Wilson
After years of pestering from friends, family, and readers of this blog, after starting to plan it at 12 years old, after numerous false starts, Gerianne is FINALY writing her autobiography.
To facilitate writing, to ensure she has the time and energy to focus on her storied life, Gerianne has asked me to take over most of the responsibilities for writing and maintaining DisabilityPride.net’s blog. I humbly accepted the opportunity she presented to me, to maintain part of her life’s work and help keep her on track to complete her biggest piece of writing ever.
I hope I am able to bring joy and entertainment to every reader! I am excited to build on Gerianne’s legacy of disability pride and to flex my writing muscles again. I am also eager to see what Gerianne’s autobiography will be! She has led an interesting, exciting, and inspiring life. I have heard many of her stories but I know there are many more that will surprise me.
If you have any ideas for content you would like to see here or in our First Voice newsletter, contact us! We accept submissions at firstvoice@disabilitypride.net and we love hearing from you on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityPride.net)! We want to see your art and photography, read your stories and learn about issues and ideas that matter to you.
DisabilityPride.net is a community. We are here to bring pride to everyone and the best way to do that is with your inspiration and input.
