As a disabled woman with over 25 invisible chronic illnesses, I know any changes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and women’s health will directly change my life and millions of others. We must stand up and fight those who seek to steal away our lives.

My picture is of my niece. She has a developmental challenge, but she has had a life of love and dignity through her own courage, the loving work and courage of her parents, and the availability of community and health services.  She is holding a quilt I made for her. We both have physical challenges,…

I choose to march so that if I ever lose my health insurance, I can still find someone to cover me, as I will very literally die without it. I also march for equality so that my girlfriend can never be told to leave my hospital room again. I march virtually because I have no…

Bio: I have been a T-10 paraplegic, manual wheelchair user, for the past 40 years. My sudden spinal stroke occurred when I was 18 yrs. old. I’m a professor, psychologist, columnist and extremely involved community activist. My husband of 35 years, Tom and I, reside in Traverse City, MI with our black Lab, Olive Marie. My…

I am joining the disability march to register my fear and outrage, but also my hope that we can band together to support each other in these trying times.

I am marching because when I was in college I was taught by then professor, the late Senator Paul Wellstone, the true meaning of the quote “We all do better when we all do better”.  I’m also marching because despite having several different mental illnesses and anxiety that would never allow me to be in a…

I am joining THIS march because I feel I must resist all things Trump, and because I have both mental and physical problems that would prevent me from actually marching.

Every person has the right to live freely and unafraid. Because governments shouldn’t actively work to harm and deport their citizens. Because I will never be free as long as any of my fellow people are not. And finally, in the immortal words of my prime minister: “because it’s 2016!” I live with serious depression…

I was invited to go to a variety of marches, including the main one in DC and a few smaller ones in the area I’m in, but with my fibromyalgia, chronic cluster migraines, arthritis and anxiety, marches and protests are very hard for me. There’s never places to sit and rest, it’s overwhelming and hard…