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July is Disability Pride Month

18 July 2024

Disability Pride Month is a worldwide event, celebrating people with disabilities and promoting conversations. Disability Pride Month encourages people to be proud of their disabilities and to live authentically and unapologetically.

Ableism is still a big problem which can result in barriers to everyday life for many disabled people. Disability Pride Month helps to raise awareness among people who are not disabled on how to be better allies and help combat ableism as well as highlighting the discrimination faced by disabled people.

Disability Pride Flag

Disability Pride Flag

This is the Disability Pride Flag:

  • The black background represents protest in the community as well as mourning for disabled people who have been subject to ableist violence
  • The five colours represent the variety of needs and experiences across the range of disabilities: Red – physical disabilities; Gold – neurodivergence like autism or ADHD; White – invisible and undiagnosed disabilities; Blue – mental illness; and Green – sensory disabilities
  • The band of parallel stripes represent the barriers faced by disabled people

Disability in the Vale of Glamorgan – what are the figures?

Council – at the start of April 2024, 77.2% of staff said they had no disability. 2.8% said they had a disability that limited them a little.

County – Census 2021 data tells us that 8.6% of Vale of Glamorgan residents identified as being disabled and limited a lot, which is around 11,300 people. 10.8% of residents identified as disabled and limited a little.

Wales – Census 2021 data tells us the proportion of disabled people in Wales was 21.1%, comprised of 11.1% who were limited a little and 10.0% who were limited a lot. Over a quarter of people in Wales reported having some kind of long-term physical or mental health condition. 

UK – there are approximately 16 million people in the UK with a disability.

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Disability Pride Month – what can you do?

Three ways you could mark Disability Pride Month:

1. Take time to salute, celebrate, and listen to the disabled community. You could read a book by a disabled person – check out this list compiled by AccessAble.co.uk.

2. Attend the Disability Pride Art Exhibition in Cardiff until July 27 - it's free to attend and you can find more information online.

3. Join the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s disability staff network abl. You can complete an application form here. Keep an eye out for details of a meeting soon!

The Council work extremely hard to ensure that we offer a safe, enjoyable, and inclusive place for people to work and to ensure that the Vale of Glamorgan area is a positive and nurturing environment therein.

If you are concerned about discrimination or harassment, or want more information about how to report it, please refer to the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s grievance policy