I have fibromyalgia, epilepsy, lupus, chronic pain, degenerative spine, and all that goes with these illnesses. Over the last year, I have been treated like ‘nothing’ from the medical community. I’ve been turned away for reasons no one should be turned away. Because of this, I’ve suffered more and more. It seems that the CDC,…

I cannot make the women’s march because of a disability. This is really painful to me but it’s what I’m stuck with. I want President Trump to know that I will not let my rights be taken away. I will not let the disabled or the poor be denigrated.

I have lupus, dysautonomia and EDS. I have to walk with a cane and use a wheelchair for length distance. Society has so little thought put in to the lifestyle of a person with disabilities that we become second class citizens. Things that you have never thought about before, like walking up 3 steps, can…

I see an incoming administration bent on attacking the functioning of government itself, and on weakening democratic institutions for their own plunder. As someone who lives with chronic pain, I know how important access to health care is to my survival, and to the well-being of my family. My friends – Muslims, queers, immigrants, people…

I am 33 years old and I live in New York. I was born with Cerebral Palsy and walk with the assistance of crutches. I try to view my crutches, my disability as a gift but this is admittedly, sometimes difficult because of the limitations others impose on me and the assumptions that are made….

I will not sit back in silence while a misogynistic, racist, sociopath gains power over our great country. I live with multiple conditions that prevent me from being able to physically be at the Women’s March, including lupus, pernicious anemia, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and dysautonomia (disorder of the autonomic nervous system). However, I…

I join the fight for LGBT rights, prison abolition, a $15 minimum wage, free healthcare and college tuition, police accountability, disability rights, and sex work legalization.

Why I march: I’m 69 and I’ve been doing this since I was 19; when Congress passed the Voting Rights Act and the Rehabilitation Act, when the National Guard fired on college students protesting the Viet Nam war I was there and burning my bra with women fighting for the ERA. I saw our nation…

I march metaphorically because the world I support is inclusive, kind, and moves forward on the progress we’ve made. I believe that everyone deserves an opportunity to grow and that society should nurture our gifts and talents. Disabled from Lyme disease, I am unable to participate in the streets due to the cold rainy weather…