July is marked Disability Pride Month which celebrates and honored the diversity between the people with disabilities.
Each Color of the flag represents a group:
The Black Field
This field represents the disabled people who have lost their lives due not only to their illness, but also to negligence, suicide and eugenics.
The Colors:
Each color on this flag represents a different aspect of disability or impairment.
- Red: physical disabilities
- Yellow: cognitive and intellectual disabilities
- White: invisible and undiagnosed disabilities
- Blue: mental illness
- Green: sensory perception disabilities
For more information, click one of the following links:
- July is Disability Pride Month SBU News
- American Bar Association, Celebrating Disability Pride Month