I am joining the Disability March because I feel the pull to have my voice heard. I am only one voice among many in the disability community. As an adult, I am learning how important disability activism is to ensure that people in the disability community continue to receive the support that they need to…

Why I Am Joining The March: Sensory processing and physical health issues might keep me from being there in body, but my spirit and heart are with the marchers. We must not passively allow the world to become a hateful place. Love must drive us to fight against racism, sexism, ableism, queerphobia, classism, and all other…

I am joining the “Virtual March” rather than being present at one of the geographical locations because I have sun-sensitive Systemic Lupus and can’t be out in the sun for prolonged periods, even in the winter. I am joining the Women’s March on Washington because I am opposed to the denigration of women, people with…

Why I Am Joining The March: My husband and I are both disabled. He is a vet with a service related disability, but without the support we receive currently through Social Security, we would be living in our car. As it is, we manage to make do. We both deal with different disabilities and perhaps that…

Why I Am Joining The March: Because I wish I could be there.  I’m marching virtually from NB, Canada and have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Because even though I’m from Canada, the reverberations of this election and inauguration are being felt every day. Because my friends are scared for their future. Because it matters.

Why march? I virtually march for every woman who battles Multiple Sclerosis every day whose days consist of staggers & stumbles, drops her words mid sentence and mumbles, whose friends say that “when you talk about advocating for MS, you just want attention”(false!), resulting with friendships developing trouble, whose brain function sometimes becomes jumbled and…

Why I am joining: I grew up in the dark ages before Children’s Insurance Program Single Mom and I struggled with my Rheumatoid Arthritis Mom was a nurse when nurses and doctors within a hospital looked upon each other as family.These people helped us/me survive.All my life choices controlled by “pre-exisiting condition”/uninsurabilty. My best friend…

Why am I joining in this way? I have chronic pain due to a spinal disorder and a chronic illness that affects my joints, leading to constant knee dislocations. Most people wouldn’t know this just by looking at me, because I seem physically abled. I want to protest and have my voice heard, especially as…