Edit: I've been informed that Flickr (the site I first used to archive this flag) won't let nonmembers download the image. So I've re-registered it with a URL attached to this Dreamwidth account. Also, today, I made a version better suited for Online Use, with slightly muted/lower contrast colors:
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To the extent possible under law,
Ann Magill has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to
Disability Pride Flag.
(clicking that linkable version of my name will take you to the sticky post on my journal, where I've also posted the high contrast version, as well as the instructions for constructing the flag, yourself)
(And yes, it's the same as my icon).
I actually came up with it a couple of years ago, but I spent yesterday and today taking it apart and putting it together again, so I could be precise about its proportions, instead of just winging it, and saying to myself: "Yeah, that looks about right."
(I'm still figuring out the how-to instructions, so they'll be short and easy to follow)
I also went onto the Creative Commons Website, and officially registered this into the public domain. So I'm actually
hoping people will "steal" it and use it on stuff in their Etsy shops, or whatever... (hint, hint).
Here's what the symbols mean:
The Black Field: Mourning for all those who’ve suffered abuse and violence, because of ableism, also the connection to the pirates’ Jolly Roger flag, and general rebellion.
The five colors: the wide variety of types of disability: Mental illness, Intellectual disability, Invisible and/or undiagnosed disability, Physical Disability, and Sensory Disability.
The zigzag shape: how disabled people have to always navigate barriers in the normate world & and the creative problem solving we do every day.
The parallel nature of the stripes represent Disability Solidarity, even though our individual needs and experiences are different.
You like?
(A longer post is likely coming about
why I felt the need for a disability pride flag, and why I think Disability is inherently Queer)
...And I'll be x-posting this to my own journal...
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dreamsheep; they're free for everyone to use, so if you see one you like, feel free to nab it! Just please credit yours truly in the notes somewhere đź‘Ť Also, if you don't see your identity, let me know and I'll see about making you an icon! (Within reason.)
