Follow along with our 2024 Disability Pride Month Series below and on LinkedIn.
Also, check out our resource page on Disability Pride Month here.
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Disability Pride Month Series # 1
July is Disability Pride Month 📣 Join us for a month-long celebration and reflection of disability and social work topics - stay tuned for stories, resource, announcements and more throughout the month.
Image ID: A green background. White text that says, July is Disability Pride Month. Join us for a month-long celebration and reflection of disability and social work topics.
Below that, on a white background, black text that says Week 1: Introduction and Awareness. Week 2: Stories and History. Week 3: Resources and Research. Week 4: Advocacy and Policy. Week 5: Community. There is a heart shape in the colors of the Disability Pride Flag and the Disability And Well-Being In Social Work.com logo and website are listed at the bottom.
Disability Pride Month Series # 2
Check out these 2 fact sheets that share about the Disability Pride Flag, disability justice, disability language and the 6 tenets of empowerment-oriented social work practice with the disability community.
Access the fact sheets and a plain text version at www.disabilityinsocialwork.com/post/disability-pride-month-fact-sheets
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Disability Pride Month Series # 3
Today, we are reflecting on a quote and a few statistics:
“Far from tragic, disability is a natural part of the human experience” - Organizers of the first Disability Pride Day in Boston, Massachusetts, 1990.
A 2024 APA poll found that ""people with disabilities reported experiencing a lack of psychological safety at work at an alarming rate, which could be linked to the negative impacts of ableism or unequal access to opportunities due to bias"".
The British Association of Social Workers shows that 1 in 10 social workers report having a disability (no other social work organizations across the world have shared data on this).
In 2022, U.S. workers with disabilities earned an average of 42% less than their counterparts without disabilities, and were 10% less likely to have received a pay raise over the past year.
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Disability Pride Month Series # 4
The documentary 'unseen' follows Pedro, a blind, undocumented immigrant as he works to become a social worker and support his family. Pedro was recently the recipient of NASW's International Rhoda G. Sarnat Award.
Learn more about the film at www.unseen-film.com, watch the trailer at vimeo.com/834915696/409add305c and learn about the NASW award at www.socialworkers.org/Events/NASW-and-NASW-Foundation-Awards/International-Rhoda-G-Sarnat-Award-2024.
Image ID: An image of the unseen film's movie poster, showing the profile of Pedro's face. Text reads: unseen. “As a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree, become a social worker, and support his family. Through experimental cinematography and sound, unseen reimagines the accessibility of cinema, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health.” Learn more at www.unseen-film.com. The Disability And Well-Being In Social Work.com logo and website are listed at the bottom.
Disability Pride Month Series # 5
Congratulations to our scholarship winners - MSW students, Jada and Erica! Thank you to all our generous donors and advocates for helping to make this scholarship possible.
The 2024 Disability In Social Work scholarship awarded two $500 scholarships to contribute financial support to disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent social work students for educational expenses, to decrease barriers and to increase awareness of disability within the social work profession. Learn more at www.disabilityinsocialwork.com/scholarship.
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Disability Pride Month Series # 6
The first Disability Pride day was held October 6th, 1990 in Boston, organized by the Disability Pride Day Coalition.
Image ID: Title, July is Disability Pride Month. A heart shape with the disability pride flag colors is shown. Beneath it the text, The first Disability Pride day was held October 6th, 1990 in Boston, organized by the Disability Pride Day Coalition.
On the right is an image of a black and white newspaper article showing attendees at the 1990 parade with the headline Disability rights activists hold historic pride day. This image comes from the Gale Primary Source, Archives of Sexuality of Gender. There is a heart shape in the colors of the Disability Pride Flag and the Disability And Well-Being In Social Work logo and website are listed at the bottom.
Disability Pride Month Series # 7
What resources or tools have you found valuable in your work? Share your recommendations in the comments! Here are 3 we've seen lately:
1. The Collaborative for Access & Equity - Make Access Easy: 9 Strategies for Higher Education Faculty Infographic
2. American Bar Association - 21-Day Disability Equity Habit Building Challenge Syllabus
3. Unlearning Ableism - The Big Ableism Survey Policy Paper
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Disability Pride Month Series # 8
The DWSW website began with two main goals, to create a community space and collect resources. The Disability In Social Work Resource Library is a searchable list of research, articles, textbooks and other resources. You can also filter by topic or resource type. Check it out at www.disabilityinsocialwork.com/resource-library.
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Disability Pride Month Series # 9
DWSW Research Update! Stay tuned for the results of the DWSW survey on disability-focused priorities in social work. We hope to announce an initial report in the coming months. In the meantime, check out these research resources -
1. DWSW Resource Library with lots of existing research at www.disabilityinsocialwork.com/resource-library
2. For hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) professionals, share your feedback in this survey on psychedelic substances in hospice and palliative care at https://ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b9kwGEycwRDMpHU.
3. In the Journal of Social Work Education, an article titled 'Teaching Note—Incorporating Universal Instructional Design in Social Work Education: A Practical Application' at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10437797.2023.2260873
Image ID: A screenshot of a DWSW LinkedIn post with the same text as above.
Disability Pride Month Series # 10
Looking for ways to participate in Disability Pride Month or incorporate disability advocacy throughout the year?
Check out this PDF with 14 pages and 6 sections including suggestions for Disabled People and Allies, Brands & Organizations, Political Representatives, Local Governments, Schools, K-12 Schools and Higher Education.
You can also find the plain text PDF version here.
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Disability Pride Month Series # 11
Disability is intersectional. Check out these 8 event recordings -
Disability Justice, Climate Change, and Eco-Ableism (Columbia Climate School)
Disability Justice: Centering Intersectionality and Liberation with Patty Berne (UW Office of Public Lectures)
Disability Justice is Gender Justice (Canadian Women's Foundation)
Research at the Intersections: Disability, Race, Indigeneity, Ethnicity (U of U Transform)
Supporting Intersectional Needs of Refugees with Disabilities and their Families (OCASI Ontario)
Celebrating Disability Pride: Queer, Disabled and Electable (LGBTQ+ Victory Fund)
Liberating Webinars: Prison Abolition at the Intersections of Food, Health, Disability Justice (Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network)
Equity Issues around Disability and Aging (Institute for Diversity Science)
Image ID: Image 1, A green square on a white background. White text reads: Disability is intersectional. Check out these 8 event recordings with a white arrow pointing right. There is a heart shape in the colors of the Disability Pride Flag.
Image 2, A white background and green border. Black text lists the titles of the 8 videos linked in the post. The Disability And Well-Being In Social Work logo and website are listed at the bottom.
Disability Pride Month Series # 12
Looking for a Disability Pride Month resource list to share?
Check out this page on our website that includes the basics and links to learn more.
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Disability Pride Month Series # 13
How many social workers consider themselves part of the disability community? Unfortunately, there's not a lot of data 😕
However, data from the British Association of Social Workers shows that about 9.5% of their members report having a disability (no other social work organizations across the world have shared data on this).
Using this data, we estimate at least 1 in 10 social workers identify as having a disability.
It brings to mind a quote from Kiesel et al. (2019), which says -
Within social work, can our profession conceptualize participation and inclusion of people with disabilities to multiple identities: client, citizen, and colleague?
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Disability Pride Month Series # 14
As we reflect on Disability Pride Month 2024, we have compiled all the previous posts into a PDF, full of resources and info.
3 versions are below.
Image ID: Cover page. The Disability Pride Flag with a green overlay is shown as the background. Text reads. Disability & Well-Being In Social Work. Disability Pride Month. 2024 Series. A compilation of resources and info from Disability & Well-Being In Social Work (DWSW) in celebration of Disability Pride Month 2024. The DWSW logo and website are shown at the bottom.
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