Developmental Disabilities Pride Month Mug

Celebrate Developmental Disability Pride everyday with this cofee mug! The parallel stripes stand for intracommunal solidarity. The colors on the flag symbolize various disability experiences. The black background mourns disabled people who have died due to negligence, suicide, rebellion, illness, and eugenics. The stripe’s color represents disability types: Red: physical disabilities Gold: cognitive and intellectual disabilities White: nonvisible and undiagnosed disabilities Blue: psychiatric disabilities Green: sensory disabilities Society presents many obstacles – stigma, shame, inaccessibility, ableism – to proudly identifying as disabled. Frequently, non-disabled people infantilize disabled people and strip us of personal dignity and autonomy. Disability Pride Month is a time to positively assert our identity, listen to disabled voices, and advocate for appropriate accommodations inside and outside of faith communities. The disability pride flag is an outward symbol of the identity, resilience, and capacity of the disability community.