Disability Advocacy messages
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access_fandomSo my local con, Arisia, is having a Ribbon Game this year, a contest to see who can collect the most ribbons on their badges.
To this end, they are encouraging staff members to make their own ribbons to hand out. So I thought that perhaps I could come up with a good disability advocacy message to offer fans who want to be advocates. Last year my little pins with the icon for sign language, handed out to anyone who could sign, and wanted one, went over pretty well.
But I cannot, for the life of me think of a good message.
I thought about "Not all disabilities are visible" but that is well over the 28 character limit.
Suggestions, ideas? Is this a terrible idea?
To this end, they are encouraging staff members to make their own ribbons to hand out. So I thought that perhaps I could come up with a good disability advocacy message to offer fans who want to be advocates. Last year my little pins with the icon for sign language, handed out to anyone who could sign, and wanted one, went over pretty well.
But I cannot, for the life of me think of a good message.
I thought about "Not all disabilities are visible" but that is well over the 28 character limit.
Suggestions, ideas? Is this a terrible idea?
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Date: 2013-11-20 03:35 pm (UTC)Disability is natural!
(Perhaps not the best message in a con which celebrates the unnatural, among other things, but it's been a useful frame for folks who insist on disability as "special.")