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Speaker 2: And as we wrap up Disability Pride Month, we wanted

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Speaker 2: to highlight a few three of amazing organizations that are

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Speaker 2: as I said, there's many, many, many, many many organizations

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Speaker 2: an assignment I'm sending to you because we always love

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Speaker 2: your assistance. I don't trust all of these sites because

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Speaker 2: some of them are government backed, and not that I'm

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Speaker 2: trying to put on my like conspiracy theory hat or anything,

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Speaker 2: but we also know sometimes it's not in the best

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Speaker 2: interest of the actual communities that they're saying they're advocating

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Speaker 2: for more so, especially today, just putting a name out

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Speaker 2: there to pretend like they're doing some solutions. So it

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Speaker 2: of my searches were overwhelmed by government backed organizations instead

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Speaker 2: of disabled lad organizations, which is what we want to

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Speaker 2: look for. We want people who are in this community

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Speaker 2: understand the needs. So with all of that, we do

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Speaker 2: have a few. But if you have an organization that

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Speaker 2: you think we really should shout out, please send that

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Speaker 2: to us, because you know we love it. If you

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Speaker 2: have stories or actual experiences with them, please let us

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Speaker 2: know because we do want to highlight those. We want

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Speaker 2: to do things in good faith and the there's a

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Speaker 2: lot of misinformation, we know this, and disinformation when it

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Speaker 2: Or the American Disabled or Attended Program today. The organization

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Speaker 2: disobedience and I think we need to see more of

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Speaker 2: and I feel like this organization does that. Here's a

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Speaker 2: bit of information from their site adapt dot org. They

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Speaker 2: say many might think it's a tragedy to acquire or

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Speaker 2: be diagnosed with a disability. It isn't. The tragedy is

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Speaker 2: when we are denied our civil rights, our dignity, and

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Speaker 2: our right to choice. This is what fuels our righteous efforts.

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Speaker 2: So we're going to go deeper into those because they

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Speaker 2: have a wonderful statement page, and I'm only taking small

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Speaker 2: lot of misinformation in that as well, and talk about

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Speaker 2: how protesting is oftentimes demonized as riots. We know if

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Speaker 2: you know, you know, if you've been with us, if

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Speaker 2: you've seen any of the protests, and who is able

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Speaker 2: and who isn't. We know. So they do a great

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Speaker 2: strive to promote this energy and this love. Finding the

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Speaker 2: imperfect balance between love and rage is not easy. Making

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Speaker 2: sure that space is accessible for everyone in all sense

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Speaker 2: clearly identifying as disabled. It is, however, necessary. Again, in

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Speaker 2: the information, they speak of pushing beyond tolerance, but being

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Speaker 2: So they go on in their sight, there's room in

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Speaker 2: all types. We're unafraid to look in the mirror and

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Speaker 2: again in six months and adapt. We were pissed off

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Speaker 2: and passionate. We're also conscious of a need to do

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Speaker 2: go check out adapt and yes, they're different chapters throughout

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Speaker 2: we have disability Belongs and this from their website. They say,

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Speaker 2: and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents

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Speaker 2: of these crucial benefits if they get married. DREDAV is

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Speaker 2: they provide these detailed information about what is at risk,

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