What is Disability Pride Month?
July is Disability Pride Month. It’s a month to celebrate each person’s uniqueness and open up conversations around stigma, discrimination and the contributions of disabled people. We continue to work hard as an organisation, and as part of the wider occupational therapy community, to improve accessibility and ensure everyone feels a sense of belonging in the profession.
Our logo
As we did for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, we've changed the ‘O’ in our RCOT logo for Disability Pride Month. The flag we’ve used is the updated disability pride flag from 2021 designed by Ann Magill.
The ‘O’ in our logo represents our identity as an organisation, and we want show solidarity with, and pride in, our disabled members, staff and people everywhere.
What we're doing
We want to thank members of AbleOTUK, the Expert Advisory Group, the RCOT Colleague Network and RCOT members who have worked with us to help make our work more equitable and accessible.
Most recently, with the Expert Advisory Groups we launched our draft Equity, Diversity and Belonging strategy, which sets out our priorities and aims. We’re seeking your thoughts and feedback on this by Friday 18 August. You can find a range of accessible versions of the strategy to review.
Look out for an upcoming article in July’s OTnews from members of the RCOT ABLE Expert Advistory Group, and for all the incredible work and blogs AbleOTUK are putting out on their Twitter and Facebook channels across the month! Give them a follow!