I am joining the disability march because I am outraged and terrified, and physically incapable of attending a physical protest to express said outrage and terror. I have no intention of hanging around idly while my country goes places in a handbasket. I’m a disabled queer female academic in Tennessee. I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Postural…

Even from my bed, I am resisting! I was an active disability advocate for my kids for a long time before chronic illness caught up with me. I may not be strong enough to march outside in the cold all day, but I am strong enough to join the fight for American rights.

Why I Am Joining The March: As a disabled lesbian, the policies so far shown, heralding what we might come to expect from the next four years are appalling. I wish my body would allow me to march with my sisters, but I will have my voice heard!

I am joining the disAbility March to increase the awareness that disAbility Rights are Civil Rights & it’s not okay for us to continue to be overlooked & pushed aside & moved to the end of the agenda or taken off all together. I am a black woman with a disAbility, a minority, an elementary…

I have lived in Michigan all of my life.  I attended parochial school until 8th grade and then attended a public High School, Community College and the University of Michigan with a teacher’s certificate and Bachelor of Arts Degree.  I have 3 children and 4 grandchildren and now live with my second husband.  I suffer…

My name is Missy Case & I am a 38 year old woman from Illinois. I have been on disability for 6 years. My disability is related to serious mental illnesses. The reason that I am marching is for everyone who lives with serious mental illness everyday. Whether or not they are on disability &…

I can’t travel all the way to D.C., but I want my voice to be heard. I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder in high school. Getting and affording treatment and medicine has been an on-going struggle. All people deserve quality healthcare, no matter what. And I refuse to bow to the stigma of mental illness….

My name is Janette Murray and I am recently disabled. I want to march because I believe in equality. Equality for all. Equality of the sexes, marriage is made of love no matter the sex (LGBT rights), woman have the right to decide what to do with their bodies and reproductive organs (Planned Parenthood). I…

I’m marching for spaces free of the fragrances and other toxic environmental chemicals that keep me in exile from the human community; I’m marching for the inherent worth and dignity of every person; I’m marching for the free and responsible search for truth and meaning; I’m marching for respect for the interdependent web of all…