Disability Pride Challenge
Disabled people still don’t have our basic civil and human rights:
Due to a loophole in the law, there is no national minimum wage for disabled people. The average amount disabled people get paid is $3.34 an hour, versus the federal standard of $7.25.
83% of disabled women will be sexually assualted in their lifetime.
Disabled women are twice as likely to be unemployed compared to non disabled women.
People with intellectual disabilities are 7X more likely to be victims of sexual assualt.
When a disabled person is unable to work, then the maximum disability benefit is $841 a month, which is a quarter below the federal poverty line.
This continues because most people don’t know this is happening. So, we’ve created a bootcamp for you. Each day you’ll get a prompt or call to action that will help you learn about ableism, disability history, disability justice and how to be a better ally. We’ll send you lists of amazing disabled creators to follow, podcasts to listen to, free events to attend, entertaining and educational clips and films to watch and so much more!
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