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Disability Pride Parades are parades held to celebrate people with disabilities. Disability Pride Parades have been held many times in many places across the United States.〔http://mydisabilitypride.net/2015/03/18/a-brief-history-of-disability-pride-parades〕 The first Disability Pride Day was held in Boston, MA in 1990. The featured speaker was Karen Thompson, author of ''Why Can't Sharon Kowalski Come Home?'' The Boston Disability Pride Parade was held again in 1991, but has not been held since. It ended with the death of lead organizer, Diana Viets, and with the move of co-organizer Catherine Odette to Madison, WI. The first Chicago Disability Pride Parade was the first Disability Pride Parade in the United States after the Boston-based parades of the 1990s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.disabilityprideparade.com/ )〕 It was held on July 18, 2004.〔 In 2015 New York City held its first Disability Pride Parade; Tom Harkin and Mary LeDonne were its grand marshals. * On July 26th, 1992 New York City held its first Disability Independence Day March. Congress Member Major Owens was a keynote speaker. The last Disability Independence Day March was held on July 28th, 1996. ==Goals== Disability Pride Parades seek to change the way people think about and define ''disability'', to end the stigma of disability, and to promote the belief that disability is a natural and beautiful part of human diversity in which people living with disabilities can take pride. Disability Pride Parades also usually coincide with Disability Pride Week in the communities where they are held. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Disability Pride Parades」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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