I used to walk quickly and with purpose. Now my body won’t let me do that, but my mind has not been dulled! I stand and walk arm in arm virtually with my sisters. Before my disability I was a corporate trainer for a national Bank. I’m still a wife, mother, sister and daughter and…
Author: Laura
Laura
I’m 33 years old and have epilepsy. I feel a responsibility to join the movement as a disabled woman because our incoming president has proven uncaring about both groups I represent.
Lilith Nix, Oregon Ambassador for LipedemaProject.org
I’m joining because I am a disabled woman and I love America. The illness of lipedema has left me disabled and disfigured, Lipedema is a genetic fat storage disorder and it’s often quite painful and debilitating. I can no longer march or walk but I am joining online because I can still speak up for…
Sally Ann
I am joining the disability march because I am recovering from breast cancer surgery. I am too weak to walk, but have made several hats for people joining the March in San Francisco and Oakland. I am marching in spirit. Fifty-something feminist, mother of a son, and Bryn Mawr alum, I am the blogger at…
Judith Kitzes
I have bipolar disorder fibromyalgia, and osteoarthritis. Crowds terrify me. As much as I want to be in the Los Angeles march, it is too much for me to handle. Thank you for creating a way for people like me to participate. I march for human rights for all vulnerable groups: women, Blacks, Latinos, Muslims,…
Billie Rain
Why I Am Joining The March: i’m one of the many people who are worried about surviving this regime. Website http://dualpowerproductions.com/
Lorrie
My name is Lorrie, I am a disabled grandmother, raising a “trauma” grandson with my blind husband. I have so many reasons for marching that I cannot even begin! I fear for our future. I am disabled from a construction accident. I was a union worker, injured on the job, going from awesome wages to…
Stephanie93
While Fibromyalgia holds me back from marching in person, I strongly support ending violence against women, reproductive rights, civil rights, workers’ rights, LGBTQIA rights, disability rights, immigrant rights, and environmental justice. I think the United States should be a welcoming nation to ALL women. I support freedom of ALL religions. I am a full time…