Open My World Therapeutic Riding Center

❤️💛🤍💚🩵July is Disability Pride Month❤️💛🤍💚🩵
Disability Pride Month is observed every July to celebrate disability identity and community, mark the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and push for full inclusion in everyday life.

👨‍🦽‍➡️Why Celebrate Disability Pride Month?
Many people with disabilities still face barriers to being fully included and valued. Ableism is often ignored, but its effects are real. It limits access to education, jobs, healthcare, and respect.

Many people with disabilities and families are currently navigating a difficult mix of:
▪️Shrinking access to services and benefits
▪️Rising stigma and bullying, including a resurgence of the R-word
▪️Low expectations that limit opportunity

This month is a chance to celebrate and to be honest about what people are up against. It also matters because major decisions are being made about services, education, and benefits.
Whether you’re a person with a disability, a family member, an educator, an employer, or a neighbor, here are practical ways to celebrate and support inclusion in your community.

How can you celebrate Disability Pride?
Connect With People With Disabilities: Spend time with people with disabilities in your life and community, at events, at work, at school, and online. We have many volunteer opportunities here, at Open My World, too!

The world works better, with us. ❤️💛🤍💚🩵

🌞 Happy Saturday! We know our Five Dollar Friday was technically yesterday…but there is still less than one last hour, before the drawing, to join the fun! 🐴🌾
https://givebutter.com/5-friday-lhgxss
First, a HUGE thank you! 💚 Thanks to your incredible generosity, we’ve already raised over $600 to help keep our therapy horses fed, healthy, and ready to continue changing lives. We are so grateful for each and every one of you!

If you meant to donate yesterday but got busy (because…life happens!), here’s your last chance!
🎉 Donate within the next hour and you’ll be entered into our giveaway for:
🌮A $50 Mama Betty's Tex-Mex - gift card
🍦 A Small Scoop Amy's Ice Creams gift card

And remember, if you sign up as a monthly donor, you’ll receive TWO entries into the drawing!
Every dollar helps fill the hay barn and fuels the incredible horses who work so hard for our riders.