Disability Pride Month

The Disability Pride Flag was designed in 2019 by Ann Magill, a writer with cerebral palsy. It was updated in 2021 to feature diagonal stripes and muted colors to avoid triggering visually sensitive conditions like migraines or epilepsy on digital screens. The flag has been placed into the public domain.The flag’s current design elements and colors symbolize the following:

Charcoal Gray Background: Mourning and rage for disabled victims of ableist violence, abuse, and neglect.

Diagonal Band: “Cutting across” the walls and barriers that segregate disabled people, symbolizing light and creativity breaking through darkness.

White Stripe: Invisible and undiagnosed disabilities

Red Stripe: Physical disabilities.

Gold Stripe: Neurodivergence and cognitive/intellectual disabilities

Blue Stripe: Emotional and psychiatric disabilities

Green Stripe: Sensory disabilities (such as blindness or deafness).

The charcoal gray background specifically represents mourning and rage for the members of the community who have been killed or harmed by ableist violence, abuse, neglect, and suicide. It honors those lives while demanding justice and visibility.

Blue stripe on the Disability Pride Flag specifically represents mental illness, psychiatric disabilities, and emotional disabilities.

It is also important to note that the charcoal gray background includes mourning for those with mental illness who lost their lives to suicide or medical neglect.