The image included is an iPhoneography piece, of my face, minipulated via iPad art apps that I created in 2015. It represents me in a mixed state. I am unable to attend the Women’s March in Washington on Saturday because I live with agoraphobia and other invisible disabilities that make it difficult to navigate outside of my increasingly diminishing,…
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Elizabeth Robertson
Important issues to me are Planned Parenthood, support for UN population program, dignity of women, climate change and keeping a healthy environment, inequality of wealth, government debt and fair taxation. I think Donald Trump is an embarrassment and a danger to our nation. I believe him to be mentally unhealthy. 82 Years old. Once an…
Susan Stutz
First, thank you for recognizing the differently-abled among us andproviding this opportunity to have our voices heard. I am joining theDisability March today because, as a disabled person and as a woman, Iam not interested in losing any of the so-hard-fought-for women’s anddisability rights that we have now in this country. Many of which Imarched…
Annabel
I am joining the march to fight back against our new “leader”. I cannot attend any marches physically as I have several chronic illnesses, had surgery on my spine, and can’t walk very far; but I join virtually in the fight. I am here for women, people of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, any other groups who…
Amber Dae Ingalls
My name is Amber. As a twenty-four year old bisexual single mother with fibromyalgia, anxiety, ADHD, and depressive-bipolar I need to help stand for a better future for myself and for my daughter. I have a 2.5 year old daughter, Aubrey. I am a stay at home mother.
Thea Steggall
My name is Thea Steggall and I myself am not disabled but I am a mother to 2 special needs kids with disabilities. My oldest daughter is autistic, and my younger daughter is 3 and has chronic illness. She has Mast cell activation disease and eosinophilic esophagitis among others. I will not be able to…
Colleen McAleer
I’m joining the disability march because I can’t make it to the march in DC with my family because of my disabilities. Spending a full day on my feet is just not an option. My doctors regularly joke that I have the body of an 80 year old (I do have the bone density of a…
Rachel Gressler
As a young women disabled early in life, I hope to live in a country where I can seek the same benefits as my peers and not be outcast simply because of my unfortunate illnesses. Prior to the ACA, while I worked full time, my employer did not offer benefits and I was uninsurable; I…
Mary M
Reason I’m joining the online march: I am not able to join the physical march, because of numerous health issues, as well as an upcoming knee surgery on Wednesday. I want to “march” because I believe people in this country should have a voice, and that together we can make a statement to Washington that…