My name is Heather and I am disabled. I am not physically able to join my six family members who are traveling from Ohio to Washington DC to march. I am joining the Disability March online because I believe that each and every person has the right to fight for what they believe in. Women’s…
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Libby Jo
I’m joining this virtual match because my health doesn’t lend itself to traveling nor do my finances. I have gastroparesis and chronic pseudo obstruction along with a whole host of other issues. I am TPN dependent, I can’t eat food. I want to be a part of this movement because I belong to four…
Heather Rose
I want to add my voice to stop this predatory, erratic, racist, mysogenist, hateful and stupid man from assuming the White House.
Group Post (10 marchers)
Julienne Stewart: I support the cause, but am not able to march. Lydia Fecteau: As a disabled woman and educator, I feel it is our duty to preserve the progressive movements that Obama has set forth and make our voices known. Sara S. Torrey: Why I Am Joining The March : We cannot “normalize” this incoming…
Melissa Fields
Website: http://melissaautisticfields.wordpress.comWhy I Am Joining The March : I am 56 years old, and Autistic. Autism is a Disability, because of the multiple sensory issues i have. This has prevented me from ever being able to work or pursue schooling. In addition, in 2005, i developed lymphedema on both of my legs, and now have…
Erica Boleyn
I want to show my displeasure with the current political climate, but due to my disabilities, I often cannot engage in more traditional forms of activism. I am marching virtually to show my support for people who are surviving ongoing marginalization. Every one of us is valuable and we deserve to be heard. I am…
Tamika Ward
I have Cerebral Palsy, and I would like to have marched with my fellow women, but I’m unable to do that much walking.
Emily
My name is Emily and I have multiple chronic illnesses. I have Dysautonomia (dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system), a genetic connective tissue disorder known as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS), as well as mast cell activation disorder (MCAD). All of this happened to me slowly, but all at once, if that…
Robert Rucker
I am joining the disabled march because I am homebound by disabilities and cannot march in DC or anywhere. I ‘march’ because I do not accept the hatred the incoming administration is embracing and because I support the right of all persons of every kind to equality. I ‘march’ because I am a queer socialist…
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