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So luckily, as those of us with disabilities already understand the scope of being excluded, possibly not leaving our homes, being afraid for going in and out of hospitals or clinics, we understand this life a little bit more, right?

Luckily, we - people with disabilities already understand the kind of life we all live now. People with disabilities understand what it is like not to be included. We know how sometimes it is hard to go out of our homes. We know about going to hospitals. We understand this life a little better than other people.

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We can kind of adapt to it a little bit more than the general public.

It is easier for us to get used to living this way.

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And we get to now step up and say, we know what this is like.

We have to tell people that we understand.

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Share your stories.

We have to tell other people our stories.

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Help everyone else get through it, because we still have to get through this together.

We have to help other people who do not know how to live this way.

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Exactly, exactly.

Exactly.

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What advice would you give to our community in general during this pandemic?

What do you want to tell people now, during COVID?

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Because I know a lot of people have been isolated, which is maybe not normal from our normal routines or separate from our normal routines.

A lot of people are alone. This is not how they usually live. It is very different for them.

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But what advice would you give to them to maintain a healthy lifestyle?

Can you give them ideas for how to stay healthy?

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Try to avoid being out in big crowds right now.

Do not go to places were there are a lot of people.

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If you do have to be out, wear a mask.

If you go outside, wear a mask.

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Make sure you're washing your hands.

Wash your hands.

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Don't miss appointments, OK, guys?

Go to the doctor when you have to.

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I know a lot of us are staying away from clinics and hospitals, but you are only jeopardizing your health when you do that.

People do not like to go to the hospital or to the doctor now, but that is not safe.

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Make sure that you are still getting out there to your physicians and making sure that you're getting the treatments that you need.

Keep going to the doctor to get what you need.

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We want to make sure that we're keeping healthy.

We have to take care of ourselves and stay healthy.

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And in order to do that, we need to follow up with our physicians.

We have to keep going to the doctor to stay healthy.

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And I'm telling you as a nurse that has been in all of these buildings and has been at the bedside at the peak of COVID, they're putting in every precaution to make sure that we are staying healthy when we do enter into those settings.

I am a nurse and I go to hospitals and work with patients with COVID. I tell you that the hospitals are being very careful. The hospitals are careful so if we have to go to the hospital, we will not get COVID.

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So please make sure that you're taking care of yourselves.

Take good care of yourself.

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Get outside.

Go outside.

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Call a friend.

Talk to your friends.

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And don't think that you're alone through all of this. You're not.

Remember that you are not alone.

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Yes, definitely.

Yes.

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What advice would you give to somebody younger than you who wants to be a nurse or work in the health care industry?

What would you tell someone who is younger than you and wants to be a nurse or a doctor?

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I imagine it wasn't an easy road for you to be understood and accepted into this-- into that community.

It was probably hard for you, for nurses and doctors to understand you and accept you.

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It definitely was an uphill battle.

It was very hard work, that is true.

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This is still a profession that needs to understand that disability does not equal inability, right?

Medical people still do not understand that being disabled does not mean you are unable to do things.

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Just because I'm in a seated position does not mean that I cannot be of service to you in any which way or form.

I am sitting, but I can still help you with anything you need.

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I think even within our own community, we try to put the same biases, this ablestic bias on ourselves like, oh, we can't do something because that's for someone who walks, or how would you be able to lift?

Sometimes, even we, people with disabilities, do not believe we can do things just because of our disability. We think we cannot do things because we cannot walk. We worry about how we will lift things.

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All these questions about how can you do something?

We ask ourselves how we can do things.

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The thing is we do things differently.

We just do things in a different way.

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As someone with all different abilities, whether you have a hearing impairment, whether you have a vision impairment, whether you are standing or using crutches, whether you're using-- you can't lift or you must sit, we have different ways of being innovative in how we come up to a solution, right?

People have different abilities. Some people cannot hear well. Some people cannot see well. Some people can stand and some walk with crutches. Sometimes we cannot lift things. So we think of different ways of doing things.

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Sometimes you need to ask for an extra hand, and sometimes you actually can do it by yourself.

Sometimes we ask for help, and sometimes we can do it ourselves.

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So we have to remember that everyone's perception of us does not define us, right?

People look at us and think what we can or can't do, but that does not mean that is who we are.

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So therefore, you get to choose how you wish to enter into this field and decide what your story's going to be.

We can choose how to become a doctor or a nurse. You can tell your own story.

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No one else gets to decide that.

Nowbody gets to decide for you.

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That's beautiful.

That’s beautiful.

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Where do you see Andrea in 10 years from now?

What will you do in the future?

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So right now, I am studying a master's in nursing education with the hopes of possibly become a doctorate of nursing practice within the next couple of years.

I am still studying. I am learning how to teach other people to become nurses. I hope to continue studying and become a better nurse.

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I would love to be able to give back to our community.

I want to be able to do good things for our community.

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It's really, really imperative that we have people in health care that understand our plight, they understand the disability world, they understand the disability from the side of having a disability and being able to then now treat it.

It is very important to have nurses and doctors that understand us and understand disabilities. People with disabilities understand what it is like, and now they can help treat disabilities too.

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And not just treat and not understand, but to treat and understand.

They can treat people, and understand them.

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That's beautiful.

What you said in beautiful.

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Andrea Dalzell, thank you so much for being with us today here at Disability Unite.

Andrea Dalzell, thank you very much for talking at Disability Unite.

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You are a visionary, in your words, you are an educator, and you are a inspiration to so many people.

You teach people, and give people hope.

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You're a milestone in the community that is helping to push our community forward, so I personally thank you. I know the community I'm inspired by you every day.

You are making a big difference in our community and making our community better.

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So thank you for being with us today, and we wish you the best of luck, and we'll definitely be following you.

Thank you very much, from the disabled community and from me. I learn a lot from you. Thank you for coming and good luck!

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Thank you so much, Corey.

Thank you so much, Corey.

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Thank you everyone.

Thank you everyone.

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Take care.

Take care.

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Bye.

Bye

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Taking the stage next is Full Radius Dance.

Now we will see Full Radius Dance.

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Based in Atlanta, Full Radius Dance is comprised of professional dancers with and without physical disabilities.

Full Radius Dance is a dance group from Atlanta. All the dancers are professional some have physical disabilities and some do not.

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The company strongly illustrates the organization's belief that inclusion in the performing arts, and in particular dance, is capable of creating power, passion, and innovation.

The group believes that including different people in art and especially in dance makes people stronger. It makes people love each other.

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Full Radius Dance maintains a busy performance schedule in Atlanta, as well as regionally, nationally, and internationally.

The group does a lot of shows. They perfom in Atlanta, in other states, and even in other countries.

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The company will be performing Re-Emerge, the first in a three-part series with the overall title of Return.

The dance we will see is called Re-Emerge. The dance is part of a group of dances called Return.

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Created for the camera with music by Andrew Choe, Re-Emerge is Full Radius Dance's response to the self-quarantining necessary due to COVID-19.

Andrew Choe wrote the music for the dance. The dance is about choosing to stay at home because of COVID.

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How will we re-emerge?

It is also about what will happen when we can go back outside.

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Re-Emerge is choreographed by the dancers under the artistic direction of Douglas Scott.

The dancers made the dance, and Douglas Scott was leading them.

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You can find Full Radius Dance online at www.fullradiusdance.org. Twitter and Instagram are @FullRadiusDance.

You can learn more about Full Radius Dance on the internet at www.fullradiusdance.org, or at @FullRadiusDance on Twitter and Instagram.

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Hi, I'm Jeff Tweedy from Wilco, and I'm here to introduce the next performer, Gaelynn Lea.

Hi, I'm Jeff Tweedy from the Wilco band. I am here to introduce Gaelynn Lea.

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We met in-- I don't know, a few years back at a festival in Montana.

I met Gaelynn a few years ago at a festival in Montana.

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And Gaelynn was one of those people that the instant you meet them, you feel like you've known them your whole life, and you're friends, or you're family, maybe, even.

Gaelynn is a special person because when you meet her you feel like you have known herfor a long time. You feel like you are friends, or even family.

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She's opened up for Wilco.

Gaelynn started the show for the Wilco band performances.

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She won a Tiny Desk Concert in 2016, and after that, she hit the road with her husband.

She won an award for her music. After she won, she did a music tour with her husband.

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45 states, nine countries later, she does a show every Sunday on YouTube.

She performed in many states, and even in other countries. Now she has a show every Sunday on YouTube.

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And she just has infinite energy to make the world better.

She has a lot of energy and she just wants to make the world better.

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I love her so much.

I love her so much.

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And I can't wait for you to see her perform.

And I can't wait for you to see her perform.

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Hello, everyone.

Hello, everyone.

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My name is Justin Cooper, and I am a member of the Chicago Disability Pride Parade Committee.

My name is Justin Cooper. I am from the Disability Pride Parade in Chicago.

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It is an honor to be a part of this wonderful virtual festival.

I am very glad to be part of the festival this year.

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And I'm thankful for Disability Unite for giving me an opportunity to speak to you all.

I want to thank Disability Unite for letting me talk to you.

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Now, normally during Disability Pride Month, we're showcasing our disability pride through various parades and events throughout the country.

Most years, during Disability Pride Month we have parades and events all over the United States to show how proud we are.

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But due to the effects of COVID, we've all had to change our strategies on how we showcase our events.

This year, because of COVID, we have to do things differently.

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Here in Chicago, we worked on a video with members of our committee, sharing our thoughts on what our disability pride parade and also the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act means to them.

I made a video with the people I work with in Chicago. In the video, we talked about how important the Disability Pride Parade is for us. We also talked about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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During one of our meetings discussing the video process, we were joined by members of Disability Unite.

When we were making the video, we had a meeting with people from Disability Unite.

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And we wound up talking about our plans for the parade and their plans for today's virtual festival.

We talked about the parade and this festival.

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And the idea of collaborating together came up, and we talked about what that would mean to our respective disability communities.

We talked about working together and how much we can help each other.

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To me, that meant working together with many disability organizations, not just in Chicago and New York, but throughout the country.

If we work together, we could help a lot of people all over the country, not just Chicago and New York.

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We, not only as people with disabilities, but people with disabilities who take pride in being who they are, who take pride in showing solidarity with each other, and take pride in supporting one another during these times of a pandemic.

We are not just people with disabilities. We are people with disabilities who are proud of who we are. We are also proud to help each other, especially now when we have a pandemic, when so many people are sick with corona.

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And hell, even before all of this, we've been the ones looking after each other, providing resources to make sure that we were able to live our lives and be a part of the community at large.

We have always helped each other, we made sure we can all live our lives and be part of our communities.

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It's important for us to continue to love each other, fight for each other, and support each other during these times.

We have to keep loving each other. We have to fight for each other.

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It's time for us to put together disability pride parades and disability festivals to work together and create awareness and making sure we continue to do this for years to come.

If all the people who plan disability parades and festivals work together, we can do more, and continue for a long time.

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With that, I thank you for letting me have this time.

Thank you for listening to me.

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I want to thank Matt and Elizabeth Axel for of reaching out to this Chicago Disability Pride Parade Committee and to Disability Unite.

Thank you Matt and Elizabeth Axel for inviting us to join you. Thank you Disability Unite.

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On behalf of the committee, we look forward to working with you all in the near future.

We hope we will work together very soon.

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And so with that, thank you so much for letting me do this.

Thank you all.

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And I hope this is a very, very good festival today.

I hope this is a very, very good festival.

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And let's all have a good time and celebrate disability pride.

I hope we all have a good time and celebrate disability pride.

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Thank you.

Thank you.

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Hey, guys.

Hey, guys.

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It's Lachi.

I am Lachi.

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And we're here to celebrate our community and how awesome each and every one of us are.

And we are here to celebrate our community. To celebrate how great we all are.

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The disability community has true intersectionality.

People with disabilities belong to many different groups.

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I mean, look at me. I'm a triple threat. And I don't just mean the acting and the singing and the writing.

Look at me for example. I am acting and singing and writing.

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I'm black, blind, and I'm a b-eautiful woman.

But I am also black, and blind, and I am a b-eautiful woman.

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We're diverse.

We are all different from each other.

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We're creative. And we're full of love.

We are creative, and, we are full of love.

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And we're grateful to have had regulation that has recognized us for 30 years. But here's to 30-times-30 years more.

And we are thankful for the ADA protecting our rights and hope that it will for many more years to come.