Disability Pride SC

Disability Pride SC Disability Pride is a time for recognition and celebration of the Disabled identity.

Disability Pride is organized by HEART Inclusive Arts Community, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit studio bringing access to the arts to adults with Disabilities, along with a committee of planners and advisors from the community.

Tomorrow is the ADA Celebration hosted by the City of Charleston Commission on Disability Issues, Charleston County Park...
07/22/2025

Tomorrow is the ADA Celebration hosted by the City of Charleston Commission on Disability Issues, Charleston County Parks & Recreation Commission, and the City of North Charleston.
A celebration of inclusion and 35 years of meaningful change, honoring the 35th anniversary of the ADA.
Wednesday, July 23 from 4-7 pm. Featuring refreshments, vendor booths, fun on the world’s largest accessible playground, and the Keynote Speaker, Alycia Anderson
Admission is free!
4800 Park Cir, North Charleston

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A solid blue graphic. In the upper corner is a logo for “ADA 35”. At the bottom are an array of candid photos of people with disabilities. The graphic has text reading:
BUILDING COMMUNITY
CELEBRATION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025
4800 Park Circle, North Charleston
4-7 PM Honoring the 35th anniversary of the
Americans with Disabilities Act
Join us for a FREE empowering event celebrating tho ADAI Enjoy refreshments, explore vendor booths, have fun on the world’s largest inclusive playground and hear our keynote speaker - renowned motivational
speaker Alycia Anderson. Everyone is welcome!

We had a great time celebrating the ETE Participants of .the.change.charleston.sc Here’s what’s next for :Feedback: R*M...
07/12/2025

We had a great time celebrating the ETE Participants of .the.change.charleston.sc
Here’s what’s next for :
Feedback: R*M*R*S
An original musical pop-umentary LIVE at the Charleston Music Hall TOMORROW
Visit www.heartsc.org for more info

Image Description: a whiteboard/corkboard advertising Disability Pride leans on the ground outside of
It reads “Coming Next” with an arrow pointing to a flyer for Feedback: R*M*R*S . The bottom half has a poster for the Disability Pride Finale Celebration tacked to it. The poster is dark grey with words in the Disability Pride flag colors on it.

We’ve got your weekend all planned out for you! Join .the.change.charleston.sc Saturday at for their ETE Celebration. ...
07/08/2025

We’ve got your weekend all planned out for you!
Join .the.change.charleston.sc Saturday at for their ETE Celebration. Then get your tickets for Sunday with an evening of live theater, music and dancing by at
Get your tix online or by phone with the Charleston Music Hall

Image Description: A gray square graphic with text in the colors from the Disability Pride flag: soft red, soft yellow, white, soft blue and soft green. The text reads, “Disability Pride

Saturday, July 12th ETE Celebration with Be the Change Charleston at Beyond Distilling

Sunday, July 13th Feedback: R*M*R*S an Original Musical by HEART Inclusive Arts Community at Charleston Music Hall

Wednesday, July 23rd ADA Anniversary Celebration with the City of Charleston

Friday, July 25th Pride Finale in the Porter Room of Holy City Brewing”

Happy Disability Pride Month!This month is a reminder of the hard work generations of Disabled advocates have put in to ...
07/02/2025

Happy Disability Pride Month!
This month is a reminder of the hard work generations of Disabled advocates have put in to get us all to this moment. It’s a chance to take in and take on all the work ahead to not lose ground. And a rally to celebrate ourselves for exact who we are. July is for PRIDE in the Disabled identity.
Happy Disability Pride!

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Team Swagger - a hip hop dance crew of people with disabilities, as they perform a dance at the 2024 Disability Pride Finale Celebration in Charleston. The picture shows a group of young people smiling and enthusiastically raising their arms above their heads.

As June's LGBTQIA+ Pride Month draws to a close and we prepare to welcome in July's Disability Pride Month, we recognize...
06/30/2025

As June's LGBTQIA+ Pride Month draws to a close and we prepare to welcome in July's Disability Pride Month, we recognize the important intersection of our celebrations. And the many important ways that Communities join to celebrate themselves. For the multitudes of facets coming together to make up the whole person, we are so grateful to know and love them all!

Wishing a happy, safe, and loud PRIDE month to ALL!

Featured image retrieved from "Pride and Protest: LGBT+ Disability Activism in the US, 1985-1995", December 3, 2021 by Gale Ambassadors, The Gale Review www.review.gale.com

Image Source: Briggs, Laura. “Disability Rights Activists Hold Historic Pride Day.” Gay Community News, vol. 18, no. 14, October 14-20, 1990, p. 3. Archives of Sexuality and Gender,

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A newspaper clipping with the headline "Disability rights activists hold historic Pride Day" with a picture of 6 or more activists seated in wheelchairs and on benches, are in front of a banner that reads "Americans with Disabilities. Equal access to the American Dream". Another banner partially reads "Vote No-" and the rest is covered by a sign language interpreter standing at the front of the stage. The article's subheading of the picture reads "BOSTON - In the tradition of the gay pride and Black power movements, the first-ever Disability Pride Day was held here Oct. 6. More than 400 people marched, drove, wheeled and moved from City Hall to Boston Common in a demonstration to affirm that "far from tragic, disability is a natural part of the human experience," according to the platform statement by the Disability Pride Day Coalition.

Disability Pride Month is almost here! We'll be celebrating all month long and we really hope YOU WILL, TOO!We've got m...
06/24/2025

Disability Pride Month is almost here! We'll be celebrating all month long and we really hope YOU WILL, TOO!

We've got musicals and markets and makers and... margaritas, probably. Come out and enjoy the community with us!

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A dark grey background with long blocks and arrows the colors of the Disability Pride Flag. Text reads: Disability Pride
Saturday, July 12th ETE Celebration with Be the Change Charleston at Beyond Distilling
Sunday, July 13th Feedback: R*M*R*S an Original Musical by HEART Inclusive Arts Community at Charleston Music Hall
Wednesday, July 23rd ADA Anniversary Celebration with the City of Charleston
Friday, July 25th Pride Finale in the Porter Room of Holy City Brewing
Learn more at www.DisabilityPrideSC.org

Before the calendar rolls over to August, we want to thank our steadfast sponsors at Path Finders Team Services for maki...
08/01/2024

Before the calendar rolls over to August, we want to thank our steadfast sponsors at Path Finders Team Services for making Disability Pride happen! With us since day one in the Lowcountry. Thank you for sharing your Disability Pride, Path Finders!

Image Description: Two women smiling as they stand behind the Path Finders Team Services table at Disability Pride in Charleston in 2021. The table cloth features their green logo showing stick figure people on a grey path.

One last capper to Disability Pride month in the Lowcountry. Opening TODAY from HEART Inclusive Arts Community “Our ex...
07/31/2024

One last capper to Disability Pride month in the Lowcountry. Opening TODAY from HEART Inclusive Arts Community
“Our exhibition opens TODAY at the ! We are so stoked to for you to come see what we’ve been working so hard on for the past few months. Join us on Friday between 5-7:00pm for a public reception of “To the Great Unknown” so we can explore it together!

“To the Great Unknown”

Wonder. Mystery. Excitement. Fear. The unknown is infinite and so are our feelings towards it. There is much to be learned from what we do not know. Respect, empathy, humility. To the Great Unknown is a brief exploration into what we might not know. The question marks in life. How Unknowns vary from person to person and how we experience them. Let’s take a moment to let go and “Cheers” to the Great Unknown.

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1: A graphic with three colorful painted panels in the background. Black text in two semi-transparent white rounded boxes overlay the background. Text reads: “To the Great Unknown” “Tactile and interactive mixed media works by HEART Inclusive Arts Community” “On View Jul 31-Aug 31, 2024” “Reception Aug 2nd 5-7pm” “Park Circle Gallery” “North Charleston, SC”
2: Two artists sit on the floor and paint a large round sculpture with a rainbow of bright colors. Other unfinished pieces surround them waiting to dry.
3: An artist sits at a table wearing headphones and paints colorful watercolor onto a white, textured canvas panel.
4: An artist sits on the floor adding joint compound to a large abstract sculpture with gloved hands.
5: Two smiling artists add foam spray to a large round sculpture atop a table covered in butcher paper.
6: A group of five artists sit around a table and pose while creating sculptures with tin foil and cardboard.
7: A group of six artists sit around and atop a table painting bright colors onto a large textured wood panel.
8: A group of six artists stand, sit and lean to add joint compound all over a large wooden panel resting on a table.
9: A group of four artists sit around and atop a table adding joint compound to a large wooden panel.
10. A tired, brown and white dog stands next to a painted..

Great pics, AccessAbility!
07/31/2024

Great pics, AccessAbility!

Cool Ray learned all about the accessibility features of voting machines in Charleston County! How COOL is that??
07/31/2024

Cool Ray learned all about the accessibility features of voting machines in Charleston County! How COOL is that??

San is loving Disability Pride and visiting Cool Ray!Where y’all at?!with at Image Description: San, a young woman wit...
07/26/2024

San is loving Disability Pride and visiting Cool Ray!
Where y’all at?!

with at

Image Description: San, a young woman with short curly hair, wears the 2024 Disability Pride tank top. She is hugging Cool Ray, the mascot for the SC Stingrays Hockey Team.

Happy Disability Independence Day!Celebrating the 34th birthday of the Americans with Disabilities Act, today is a day t...
07/26/2024

Happy Disability Independence Day!

Celebrating the 34th birthday of the Americans with Disabilities Act, today is a day to recognize all that the ADA has done - and all that is left to do to promote true independence and accessibility for the Disability Community!

Don't forget: the existence of the ADA is one thing... enforcement of the ADA is a-whole-nother thing! Speak up and support access because -
An ACCESSIBLE world is a universally BETTER world.

"The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. Throughout the year and on the ADA Anniversary (July 26), the ADA National Network recognizes this landmark event and the important work to promote equal opportunity for people with disabilities." (ADATA.org)

Join us at Holy City Brewing this evening as we celebrate this day and wrap up all of Disability Pride Month!

Image Description: Slide 1 - Text reads: "Happy Disability Independence Day. ". The background is the Disability Pride Flag, and there is a lit sparkler graphic stretching from corner to corner.
Slide 2 - A graphic for the Finale Celebration. On a textured gray background, at the top are staggered blocks in the colors of the Disability Pride Flag. Over top it reads: Disability Pride. Text Reads: Finale Celebration! Friday, July 26th 5:00 - 9:00. Holy City Brewing. Live Music & Speakers, Vendor Market, Food & Drinks, Community.

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North Charleston, SC
29406

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