Defined by Disability: 40 Years After the Proclamation, What’s Next? - Able News at The Viscardi Center “One of the most important messages the entertainment industry is delivering to the public is that people with disabilities can live full and rewarding lives. They ask only to be given the same opport...

I wrote about what it means to be #DefinedByDisability — 40 years after a landmark 1985 proclamation. It’s not about nostalgia. It’s about naming, claiming & reframing.

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Black and orange graphic with quote from Lawrence Carter-Long in Able News "We are defined by disability rather than diminished by it."

40 years after the first National Disability in Entertainment Week, disabled people are still here. Still creating. Still telling stories that are #DefinedByDisability. Read the POV of our Director of Engagement @lcarterlong.bsky.social in this powerful piece for #AbleNews - zurl.co/y2na6