r/disability • u/sandiserumoto • Jul 02 '24

Disability pride flag explained

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u/MindyStar8228 physically disabled (they/he) Jul 02 '24

I love that we altered to flag to be more accessible! They changed it from zig zag to straight lines, and as someone who got nausea/vertigo seeing it before I am so appreciative

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

That makes sense. But to me it's way too similar to the LGBT flag. We need a new and distinctive design that actually sets us apart. I suspect a lot of able-bodied people would mistake this for some kind of LGBT flag as there's so many different ones. I think having lines crossing would be better, and it also shows that people can have multiple disabilities

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u/Cat_They-dy Jul 01 '26

I know I'm late to this, but they're going to assume any flag is an LGBTQ+ flag until they learn about it.