Well, in my experience, it depends on the disability and the community. I
recall ADAPT folks writing that they asked Rosa Parks to come to a demo
against segregated buses and she initially agreed and then refused. I forget
the citation.
I wrote a while back about organizing psychiatric survivor pride day here in
Toronto. Members of the gay and lesbian community were upset because by
calling our event "Pride Day", we were "stealing" their day! (As though all
psychiatric survivors are heterosexual and all LGBT people had never dealt
with psychological distress!) So, some folks in other marginalized groups do
NOT wish to be associated with us, despite the fact that we make the
political connections to common sources of oppression. I am not at all sure
how to deal with this - of course, we would all be stronger by building the
necessary alliances-but it is alot of educational work.
On a more positive note, the Black community and teh psychiatric survivor
community here in Toronto organized a very successful conference addressing
the way in which both communities have been targetted by police. If you are
interested, I can provide more info about that effort. It certainly inspired
me. Good luck, Lilith
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