People with disabilities will of course be aware of International Day of People with Disabilities. What they might be less aware of is Disability Pride Month. Although Disability Pride Month started to celebrate the signing of the Americans' with Disabilities Act it is slowly being adopted by disabled people around the world as a sign of disabled pride. For too long in human history having a disability has been something to be hidden away from in the community. Disabled Pride Month allows people with disabilities to take back our power. Taking inspiration from the LGBTQIA+ flag, disabled pride has our own flag. A flag designed by writer Ann Magill. The flag's design represents different types of disability by individual coloured lines sitting parallel to each other to indicate solidarity. The colour scheme is as follows: white represents people with invisible disabilities, red represents those of us with physical disabilities, blue represents individuals with mental illness
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