And the count down continues!!! Disability Pride Buttons!

Disability Pride Buttons for June 3rd, 2018! 

We are busy getting ready for the June 3rd, 2018 Disability Pride Parade. 

This week we are busy making our 20th Anniversary Buttons, and we will be making posters to carry in the parade! 

Check out the parade guide, download it here! 

Disability Pride Parade Guide

Celebrating 20 years!

We are very excited to celebrate 20 years of the Disability Action Hall. 

One of the ways we are celebrating is making our annual event bigger and better. 
Watch out for this over-the-roadway banner that we were playing with last week! 

Coming to a bridge near you! 

This year we have partnered with Disability Pride Alberta!

We will be parading down beginning under the white trees 315 - 8 Avenue SW  and stroll down Stephen Avenue Mall at  11 am and walk down to Olympic Plaza. 

We are asking people to dress in the colours of teal and orange. And to help ensure we have enough food, grab your free ticket on eventbrite. 

Visit www.disabilitypridealberta.com for more information! 

What would Groot do? Fair Access for all YYC & YEG Comic Con

https://www.petitions24.com/fanexpoaccessibility Image from Marvels 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy

Petition: 

Members have asked to post the petition titled "Fair Accessibility Policy for Fan Expo Events' when we did not understand why FanExpo Canada changed its access policy.  Especially when we read the words of the loyal fans from Alberta Cosplayers with Disabilities that said on a petition site... 

We realize that many able-bodied people think it isn't fair to allow us to use the VIP/fast lines without "paying" the monetary price, but I assure you that we have more than paid the price for that spot in line through pain and quality of life. No one asks to have a disability, they are not "fair". Any one of us would gladly exchange our place in the fast line with someone in the regular line if they also took our reason for being there (disability/illness).

-Laura Taylor, Brain Tumour Survivor and co-founder of "Alberta Cosplayers with Disabilities"


Article: For the full CBC article, please see here 

Again we are puzzled... as some of our friends can only be away from medical care for a limited time and cannot stay in line too long. Why would a company want to deny access with dignity?

We are confused at the lack of insight why a company wishes to take something fun to a place that make us feel left out. Especially when the comic book industry is based on superheros who share similar journeys we can identify with...Take Groot for example... 

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-Groot is often misunderstood and yet can make 4 words mean so many things.

- Sometimes little Groot needs help getting around and friends help out.

-Groot like ourselves learns what makes us extraordinary is awesome. 

-And in the meantime, saves the world.

Now who wouldn't want to be part of that? 

So what would Groot do? 

"I am Groot!" Translation: Sign the petition, we all have the right to have fun.