Find your local Day of Mourning 2026 Vigil Site Disability Day of Mourning takes place on March 1st as a way to remember people with disabilities that have been killed by caregivers or family members.

To learn more about DDOM, visit AutisticAdvocacy.org/ddom2026

#ddom2026 #ddom

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Sitting in my wheelchair in a spring coat on Dec 28, 2025 in Toronto Pearson Airport. Waiting for my best friend to pick me up and bring me and my cats to my parents. My parents are providing food and shelter.

The Toronto Porter who helped get my cats and luggage out to the car. This is what I escaped with. I left 23 years of life in Taiwan with this to show for it

The woman who helped me get out in Taiwan. She checked my cats in and then she checked me in.

It has been two months since I fled my abusive marriage in Taiwan in my manual wheelchair with my cats in cargo. Today is #DisabilityDayOfMourning. Although I do not feel lucky, I know I have my life and my cats. I will never let anyone block access to safety, care & food ever again.
#DDoM2026 #DDom

Dark blue gradient background. There are two illustrated white candles. Text reads: Today, March 1st, is Disability Day of Mourning. Today our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join ASAN for our virtual vigil tonight on our YouTube channel. The ASAN logo is at the bottom.

🕯️Today is Disability Day of Mourning, when our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join us tonight 6pm ET for ASAN’s virtual vigil: youtu.be/HeF3LrHTuBM

#DDoM2026

Since 2020 it's become a personal tradition for me each year to bear witness to those who died at the hands of caregivers since last year's #DisabilityDayOfMourning. It started on twitter and since moving here I've kept it up.

Despite everything else going on, I haven't forgotten.
#DDOM
#DDOM2026

Dark blue gradient background. There are two illustrated white candles. Text reads: March 1st is Disability Day of Mourning. Learn about what Disability Day of Mourning is and make a plan to attend a vigil. The ASAN logo is in the bottom right corner.

Dark blue gradient background. There is an illustrated white candle in the bottom right corner. Text reads: What is Disability Day of Mourning? Disability Day of Mourning is a day when the disability community comes together to remember the victims of filicide. Filicide is when people with disabilities are killed by their family members. Every year, Disability Day of Mourning happens on March 1st. Disability Day of Mourning was started in 2012 by ASAN’s Director of Advocacy, Zoe Gross. Every year, ASAN helps people coordinate Disability Day of Mourning vigils and holds our own virtual vigil.

Dark blue gradient background. Text reads: What does the term “filicide” mean? “Filicide” is the legal term for a parent murdering their child. In the disability community, “filicide” is used when talking about a parent or other relative murdering a child or adult relative with a disability. What happens on Disability Day of Mourning? Members of the disability community hold vigils to remember those in our community who we’ve lost to filicide. At vigils, we read the names of people who’ve died. Vigils have speakers who memorialize the dead and advocate for valuing disabled people as much as non-disabled people.

Dark blue gradient background. There are two illustrated white candles in the bottom right corner. Text inside a grey box reads: How do you find a Disability Day of Mourning vigil? We have a list of vigils at autisticadvocacy.org/ddom2026. ASAN will also be hosting a virtual vigil on our YouTube channel.

🕯️ March 1st is the Disability Day of Mourning, in memory of people with disabilities killed by family members or caregivers. Learn more and make a plan to attend a vigil: autisticadvocacy.org/ddom2026

#DDoM2026