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capri0mniAs I'm growing older, the issue of Disability Rights has been of deepening importance to me.
Ever since I attended the local "celebration" of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2010, only to find disappointment that the celebration was confined to the basement and grounds of the regional Independent Living Center, instead of out in the public, I've wanted a Disability Pride Flag.
After the massacre at the Tsukui Yamayuri En care home in Sagamihara, Japan, six years later, when nineteen disabled inmates were murdered and twenty-six injured (because they were disabled, by the killer's own confession), I was driven to design an actual flag, instead of just wishing we had one.
This is the design I've come up with, and this morning (4 June, 2019) I have officially waived all copyright claims to this flag, and registered it under International Public Domain (right click to copy or save -- same with the how-to images).
Here's the version for more comfortable use on backlit screens:
Update! Important! (13 October, 2021)
Early in July, 2021 it came to my attention that, even with desaturated colors, The zigzag design can, when viewed online (especially while scrolling), create a strobe effect, and pose a risk for people with epilepsy, and migraine sufferers.
Therefore, several people in the Disability community on Tumblr, collaborated and came to a consensus on a new design, shown below:
[Image description: a “Straight Diagonal” version of the Disability Pride Flag: A charcoal grey flag with a diagonal band from the top left to bottom right corner, made up of five parallel stripes in red, gold, pale grey, blue, and green Description ends]
Along with simplifying the central motif to straight lines, the colors have been rearranged so that the warm colors (red and gold) and cool colors (blue and green) are grouped together. And the brightness of the colors have also been edited so that they radiate more evenly from brightest at the center toward darker in the outside stripes.
Although the earlier version of the flag, with the zigzag motif, still exists, and is still in the public domain (and is therefore free for anyone to use and/or adapt), I believe it is better for communication and awareness that we focus on one version of the flag. I have therefore removed the earlier zigzag design from my image gallery.
Thank you for understanding.
Ever since I attended the local "celebration" of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2010, only to find disappointment that the celebration was confined to the basement and grounds of the regional Independent Living Center, instead of out in the public, I've wanted a Disability Pride Flag.
After the massacre at the Tsukui Yamayuri En care home in Sagamihara, Japan, six years later, when nineteen disabled inmates were murdered and twenty-six injured (because they were disabled, by the killer's own confession), I was driven to design an actual flag, instead of just wishing we had one.
This is the design I've come up with, and this morning (4 June, 2019) I have officially waived all copyright claims to this flag, and registered it under International Public Domain (right click to copy or save -- same with the how-to images).
Here's the version for more comfortable use on backlit screens:
Update! Important! (13 October, 2021)
Early in July, 2021 it came to my attention that, even with desaturated colors, The zigzag design can, when viewed online (especially while scrolling), create a strobe effect, and pose a risk for people with epilepsy, and migraine sufferers.
Therefore, several people in the Disability community on Tumblr, collaborated and came to a consensus on a new design, shown below:
[Image description: a “Straight Diagonal” version of the Disability Pride Flag: A charcoal grey flag with a diagonal band from the top left to bottom right corner, made up of five parallel stripes in red, gold, pale grey, blue, and green Description ends]
Visually Safe Disability Pride Flag by Ann Magill is marked with CC0 1.0
Along with simplifying the central motif to straight lines, the colors have been rearranged so that the warm colors (red and gold) and cool colors (blue and green) are grouped together. And the brightness of the colors have also been edited so that they radiate more evenly from brightest at the center toward darker in the outside stripes.
Although the earlier version of the flag, with the zigzag motif, still exists, and is still in the public domain (and is therefore free for anyone to use and/or adapt), I believe it is better for communication and awareness that we focus on one version of the flag. I have therefore removed the earlier zigzag design from my image gallery.
Thank you for understanding.
Re: Thoughts on the black background
Date: 2021-07-23 01:46 pm (UTC)But, you don't need to ask my permission to make any alterations to the design. Since this flag is in the Public Domain, that means it already belongs to you -- It belongs to Everybody. Period.
However, I will warn you: now that this zigzag design has been seen by more people this year than ever before, people have told me that the zigzag design has caused them to have seizures, and debilitating migraines when viewed online, and that the narrow dark lines between the colored stripes make worse. And this is why I'm working on a second design of a simple diagonal band, with no black in between for online use.
So far, the original design seems fine for physical media such as the craft work you're promoting, especially if it's smaller sized. But I just thought I'd give you that warning, in case you want to post images of the work your clients are creating.
And thanks again for your interest!
Re: Thoughts on the black background
Date: 2021-07-23 02:11 pm (UTC)HI, thanks so much for your swift reply, it's really kind of you! Great to hear from you, and thanks v much for all the useful information.
Just a brief reply for not (apologies) as about to have a meeting with our artisans in Ecuador, via the wonders of zoom.
If you have 5 minutes, here's a video of them and how our organisation works with them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=957K--SgXw4&t=13s
Very best wishes!
Susie :)
Susie Hart MBE Director *Artizan International ( the new name for Craft Aid International) * *www.artizaninternational.org http://www.craftaidinternational.org * *01423 561556 / 07588 724142 *