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Disability Inclusion Society (DIS) is a grassroots, nonpartisan, Disability Rights Organization dedicated to: Advocating for Disability Rights and Inclusion Empowering Disability Voices Creating Disability Inclusive Spaces Celebrating Disability Culture and Identity Disability Inclusion Society (DIS) promotes, supports and creates Disability inclusive platforms including: Disability Rights Advocacy Political Advocacy Disability Culture and Inclusion Education Creative Arts and Expression Intersectional Allyship and Community Collaboration The "DIS" Acronym The terms "Disability" and "Disabled" are often viewed as negative or as unspoken taboos. Euphemisms such as "differently abled", "special needs" or "mentally/physically challenged" are infantilizing and minimize or erase our identities and experiences. Disability Inclusion Society (DIS) is committed to embracing and empowering the identity and diversity of our community, the genuine experiences of our culture; the Disability Culture. The Logo One of the most prominent symbols of Disability in the world is the International Symbol of Access: a stick person using a wheelchair. In designing our logo, DIS sought to use that recognition in a more organic and empowering depiction of Disability. Thus, the center of our logo features one of the most renowned Disabled figures in mythological antiquity, the Greek god Hephaestus sitting in his winged chair. Not unlike in the story of Hephaestus, DIS seeks to claim the rightful place of people with disabilities through visibility, education, advocacy, and a celebration of everything that empowers us. We turned to the image of Hephaestus not only for his familiarity as a person using a wheelchair, but as an archetype of the resilience found in every Disabled person and story of the sovereignty that they deserve. Whether it’s among gods or on earth, people with disabilities have a place on the mount and we have arrived to claim it.