2026 Disability Pride Month Picks

In Closing of Disability Pride Month: What Disability Pride Means to Me — Autism and Abuse: Finding Self-Acceptance

Until this month (July 2026), I was very hesitant to claim the term “disability pride”, as I don’t see autism or any other form of disability as something to be proud of. However, especially with the recent government attacks on disability access and programs, I can’t skimp on embracing whatever helps anymore. I didn’t get diagnosed until nine and, before that, the only special ed help that I received was a program mostly for kids in broken home…

The future of Disability Pride: How five Gen Z disabled Asian Americans are shaping what's next

Five Gen Z disabled Asian Americans reflect on belonging, representation, and redefining Disability Pride for the next generation.

2026 Disability Pride Month Picks

July is National Disability Pride Month in the United States and marks the 36th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To celebrate, Civitella highlights the work of Civitellians living with and making work about disability.    Epistle poems written in collaboration back and forth between Molly McCully Brown (CRF Lexi Rudnitsky/Persea 2017) and Susannah Nevison (CRF Lexi Rudnitsky/Persea 2015), In the Field Betw…