Disability Pride Brighton

Disability Pride Brighton is an annual event used to promote visibility and mainstream awareness of the positive pride felt by people with disabilities within their community. [1] [2] [3] [4]

History

Disability Pride Brighton was started in 2016 by Jenny Skelton after her daughter, Charlie, suffered an incident of disability discrimination in Brighton. Jenny posted on Facebook about the incident along with the final line of text "Disability Pride anyone?" The Facebook post went viral and was then picked up by the media. After receiving hundreds of messages from other disabled people who had experienced similar incidents, she decided to proceed with the idea. A year later in 2017 the first Disability Pride Brighton festival was held on New Road in Brighton with an attendance of approximately 2000 people. [5]

The Festival

Held every year since 2017, Disability Pride Brighton is a free to attend event. There are stalls from various charities and disability groups, as well as live performances from disabled people and art displayed from disabled artists.

2020 Coronavirus Event

Due to the limitations of coronavirus lockdown, the event moved online in 2020 with a two and a half hour show hosted by Latest TV which also aired on Freeview channel 7 on the 12th July 2020.

See also

References
  1. "BBC News - Disability Pride event held in Brighton".
  2. "ITV News - Disability Pride Gets Underway In Brighton".
  3. "Euans Guide".
  4. "ITV Meridian - Disability Pride gets underway in Brighton".
  5. "'Latest TV".
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