Disability Pride Flag
The original Disability Pride flag was created in 2019 by writer Ann Magill, who has cerebral palsy. This flag featured brightly colored zigzagging stripes over a black background. The zigzag represented how people with disabilities have to maneuver around barriers in all aspects of their lives. However, people with visual disabilities struggled to view the image on a phone or computer screen. As a result of feedback, Ann revised the design of the flag to make sure it was accessible to all.
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Each color stripe has a meaning:
- Red - physical disabilities
- Gold - neurodiversity
- White - invisible disabilities and disabilities that haven't yet been diagnosed
- Blue - emotional and psychiatric disabilities, including mental illness, anxiety, and depression
- Green - for sensory disabilities, include deafness, blindness, lack of smell, lack of taste, audio processing disorder, and all other sensory disabilities
The faded black background represents the mourning and rage for victims of ableist violence and abuse. the diagonal band cuts across the walls and barriers that separate the disabled from society, also representing light and creativity cutting through the darkness.
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