As part of a nation-wide Day of Mourning, disability rights and disability justice advocates in the Chicagoland area will be holding a vigil on Tuesday, March 1st to honor the lives of disabled people murdered by their families or caretakers. The vigil is supported by the Institute on Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UIC Disability Cultural Center, and Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition (Chicagoland DPOCC).
Organized by The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN).
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Live captioning and ASL interpreters will be provided. If you need any other accommodations, contact Timotheus Gordon Jr. at chicagolanddpoc@gmail.com or tgordo7@uic.edu.
