Disability Pride Fest 2023

(Saturday 16 September 2023 Ashfield Town Hall Forecourt)

Here’s what you missed…

A smiling woman in a pink coat with brown hair and a guide dog.

Jaci Armstrong Speaker:

Guide dog user, career woman, chairperson of Accessible Arts and all round community leader

A woman with one arm hangs from a pole by one leg

Outdoor pole dance: Deb Roach,

Global champion, amputee and owner of Stargazer pole Studio

Arts and Crafts:

Interactive arts contests enabled you to express what disability pride means to you.

A man in a disability pride flag t-shirt sells disability pride flag merchandise

Makers mart

Supporting disabled microbusinesses such as Braille by Luca Fidg.life, fidget toys, Paw and Bloom Floral Design, and our own Redbubble store.

A smiilng young woman against a background of rainbow ombrage and musical notes

Live music by Summer Giddings

Singer with cerebral palsy and vision loss and real life disney princess sang her own original and cover pieces to represent what disabled pride means to her

A bald man, a smiling woman, and a man in a life jacket giving thumbs up, Below them are microphones

Panel Discussion

Emily Dash, renowned filmmaker, Ibby Dee, Peer Support Champion, and Deaf Sailing NSW members wowed us

Auslan welcome to country

By Deaf indigenous artist, Daniel McDonald.

Advocacy and protest

We don’t deny the problems in our society at disability pride. We empower people to overcome them. Diversity and Disability Alliance and YourStory Legal Support was there to give onsite support to disabled people. Petitions and public art on the day protested things that need to change.