I am a queer nonbinary woman living with disability. I suffer from chronic pain and chronic illness in addition to autism and various mental illnesses. I spent more of my childhood in hospitals than schools, and my experiences help fuel my passion as an activist and agent for change. I wish to join the march…

Because I thought by now everyone would have basic human rights.

I want to join you because my daughter-in-law offered to take me in a wheelchair to the March on Washington.  I was just thrilled.  Then we found out that the strict regulations for the bus ride would eliminate me because my portable concentrator could be mistaken for a bomb.  LOL, we decided that we just…

I am a feminist disabled single mom who subsists on social security. My ex also recently became disabled, so my children rely on social security for child support. I am intelligent, resourceful and kind. I’m virtually marching for myself and for my family and friends who may be be targeted financially and physically. I believe…

Due to my own health issues, including a recent back surgery, and my son’s disability (autism) there was no way we were going to be able to participate in the women’s march. Right after the election, in a state of anxiety and depression, I joined the pantsuit nation group on Facebook and began seeking out…

I am a support worker for people with disabilities and I also have an invisible disability. Today while watching the inauguration at work someone I support with a developmental delay, who is not very politically interested, laughed and scoffed at Trump’s speech. I asked him why he was laughing and he told me that he…

I have a Ph.D. in psychology and was pursuing a career as a therapist before my illness forced me to go on disability. I have a severe autoimmune disease that comes with (among other things) immunoglobulin deficiency, systemic inflammatory arthritis, and chronic fatigue. My health is especially fragile at the moment and cross-country travel is…

I am joining the disability march because I have burning desire to attend the march but I cannot because of my chronic illness and I want my voice to matter.  I was going to march with my daughters, ages 9 and 11, and I want their voices to matter.  I march for their rights, for…