March. Roll. Cheer. Create. Advocate. Celebrate!
Sunday, October 18, 2026
Can't join us in person? Join the celebration live through the Disability Unite Livestream Center
CART Captioning (StreamText):
https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ParksandRec.12132200
Marching or rolling? While waiting in your lineup at Madison Square Park, tune in to the 10:30 AM opening program and Grand Marshal introductions through the Disability Unite Live Stream Center.
Disability Pride NYC Parade celebrates our history, identities, creativity, leadership, and collective power to create change.
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the historic 1977 Section 504 sit-ins, we honor the disabled activists whose courage and leadership, together with the solidarity of other civil rights and community groups, helped make history and transform disability rights in America.
That same spirit of solidarity inspires us today as we build a New York City where disabled people have the access, opportunity, and power to participate, lead, create, and shape the city we all share.
Participate your way. Our community. Our pride. Our power. Together, We Build!
10:00 AM — Parade Assembly at Madison Square Park
11:00 AM — Parade Step-Off along Broadway toward Union Square
12:00–3:00 PM — Union Square Celebration
Dress warmly and show your pride! Bling, swag, and creativity welcome! 🙂
Join the celebration live through the Disability Unite Livestream Center
CART Captioning (StreamText):
https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ParksandRec.12132200
Plan your transportation
Transportation: Access-A-Ride
Transportation: MTA
Marching or rolling? Find your assigned lineup location before arriving.
Find Your Parade Lineup & Assembly Location
Text Map: Parade Lineup & Assembly Location
Explore the Eight Theme Blocks of Pride and find places to watch and cheer along the route.
About the Theme Blocks
Theme Blocks Map
Theme Block Text Map
Enjoy performances, explore community tables, and participate in activities for all ages.
View the Stage Schedule
Community Tables & Activities Map
Community Tables & Activities Text Map
Find your transportation, parade lineup, route maps, and Union Square activities.
Transportation: Access A Ride
Transportation: MTA
Find information about transportation, ASL interpretation, CART captioning, seating, quiet spaces, and other access arrangements to help plan your participation.
Accessibility & Accommodations Information
Already registered? Find your group's parade section, assembly location, and information about where to gather.
Marching or rolling? Check your assigned lineup location before arriving. If you're unsure where your group is when you arrive, there will be people at Madison Square Park to help you find your place.
Watching the parade? You're welcome to cheer along Broadway as participants make their way to Union Square.
Tune in online to celebrate our Grand Marshals and disability community leaders and hear remarks from elected officials, city commissioners, and agency leaders honoring disability pride, leadership, advocacy, and community.
Watch live through the Disability Unite Live Stream Center at DisabilityUnite.org as parade participants gather for the march and roll.
March and roll along Broadway toward Union Square, celebrating disability pride across eight colorful Theme Blocks.
Explore the themes, find places to cheer, and celebrate the diversity, advocacy, artistry, leadership, and joy of our disability community!
Eight colorful Theme Blocks along Broadway celebrate disability history, culture, access, belonging, justice, solidarity, disabled leadership, and the future we're building together.
Join a block, cheer from the sidelines, bring your signs, share your advocacy, or add your own creativity to the celebration.
Each block reflects an important part of disability pride, from honoring our history to imagining the future we can build together. The themes continue into Union Square through community tables and activities.
Art. Culture. Community. Advocacy. Joy!
The celebration continues from noon to 3:00 PM with live performances, disabled artists and community leaders, interactive arts and recreation, and opportunities to connect with more than 50 community organizations and city agencies.
The Eight Theme Blocks of Pride continue into Union Square with community tables, interactive activities, and our kid-centered Passport Adventure! Celebrate Blind Equality Achievement Month, enjoy hands-on arts and cultural experiences, learn about your rights, connect with city agencies and community organizations, and discover ways to get involved and advocate for change. There's something for all ages to explore, create, and celebrate!
Don't miss our Chance 2 Dance community dance at 1:20 PM, followed by Grand Marshal remarks at approximately 1:30 PM!
Community Tables & Activities Map
Community Tables & Activities Text Map
Join our live community dance! Whether you dance seated, standing, rolling, or moving in your own way, you're invited to take part in this joyful celebration of movement, creativity, and community.
Celebrate the extraordinary contributions of our Grand Marshals as they share their experiences, leadership, and hopes for the future of disability pride and justice.
Mary Patterson-LeDonne Carr Massi Martha Jackson Khalia Hayslett Chris D. Greif Eric Blessed Carpenter-Grantham Kiana Vion Glanton
In Memoriam: Don Jacobs Four Wheel City CWA Local 1180 Committee on People with Disabilities
Our 2026 Grand Marshals represent the history, leadership, creativity, advocacy, and collective power of the disability community.
Their work reflects generations of disabled people organizing for civil rights, advancing access and opportunity, building community, and shaping a more just future.
Watch their introductions during the 10:30 AM opening program through the Disability Unite Live Stream Center at DisabilityUnite.org. Celebrate their recognition at 12 PM and hear their remarks at Union Square at approximately 1:30 PM.
Disability pride grows stronger when we share our stories, creativity, leadership, and joy.
Invite your friends, family, colleagues, and community to join us. Share parade flyers and social media posts, celebrate the people and organizations participating, and help amplify disabled voices and leadership.
Bring your signs, your art, your advocacy, and your pride!
Share the Pride — Social Media & Flyers
The parade brings us together. What we build together can change our city all year long.
For 11 years, Disability Pride NYC has brought together disabled people, artists, advocates, students, families, cultural institutions, community organizations, and city agencies. These relationships are a foundation for what we can build next.
The historic 1977 Section 504 sit-ins offer a powerful example of what solidarity can accomplish. Disabled activists led the movement, and other civil rights and community groups stood alongside them, providing practical support and strengthening their struggle for disability rights. That solidarity helped make history.
Today, we want to carry that spirit forward through mutual solidarity. Disabled New Yorkers belong to communities across every part of our city — across cultures, generations, races, religions, neighborhoods, and identities. Our communities are interconnected, and so are our struggles for justice, our celebrations, and our hopes for the future.
Just as other communities stood with disabled activists, we want to stand with them — supporting their priorities, participating in their celebrations, and working together for justice, access, and opportunity.
Building on the relationships formed through the parade, we invite partners to explore ways of supporting and participating in one another's events throughout the year.
We want to take part in the festivals, cultural celebrations, civic gatherings, arts events, and community activities that make New York City extraordinary — as full members and leaders of the communities that are also ours, celebrating disability pride, creativity, culture, and joy.
That might mean attending one another's celebrations, sharing community calendars and opportunities, collaborating on accessible activities, or bringing young people and experienced disability leaders together at events across the city.
Together, we can share knowledge about accessibility, identify barriers to participation, and work with event organizers to create more opportunities for disabled New Yorkers to participate on their own terms.
This is about exercising our right to participate, lead, create, and shape the cultural and civic life of our city — with pride, power, and joy.
Project Access for All, a consortium and partner of Disability Pride NYC Parade, shares our commitment to year-round community engagement.
Through its youth-led initiative, New York City Belongs — Inclusive Futures, young people can collaborate with disabled leaders, families, and community members across generations to participate in cultural celebrations, community festivals, civic events, and other gatherings throughout New York City.
Together, they can celebrate disability pride, support the communities to which we belong, build friendships and solidarity, and help make events more accessible and welcoming.
Every organization brings its own mission, expertise, relationships, and leadership. We want to celebrate that work, introduce more people to one another's programs and events, and discover opportunities to collaborate.
Participation is voluntary and shaped by each partner's interests and capacity. Our goal is to strengthen existing work, not duplicate it, and discover new ways to work together when and where partners choose.
Together, we can expand participation, celebrate disabled leadership, and build collective power while respecting the independence and contributions of every organization.
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Section 504 sit-ins in 2027, we have an opportunity to honor that history by putting solidarity into action throughout New York City.
Join us in shaping Disability Pride NYC 2027 and building year-round connections through disability pride, justice, culture, community, and joy.
Our Community. Our Pride. Our Power.
We celebrate our history. We claim our space. We shape our future.
Together We Build!
Disability Pride NYC
The NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) was a key City partner in launching the very first Disability Pride NYC Parade. We are proud to continue this longstanding partnership and grateful to Commissioner Nisha Agarwal and the entire MOPD team for their leadership, commitment, and support in bringing New Yorkers together to celebrate disability pride, accessibility, inclusion, and community.
Together We Build!
Founding Partner
Founding Partner
