ST. LOUIS — Now in its fifth year, FestAbility: A Celebration of Disabilities, the largest gathering by and for people with disabilities in the region and their families returns to the Missouri History Museum on Saturday Oct 5 from 10 am to 3 pm.
FestAbility is a nonprofit organization that celebrates the disability community through education, empowerment, and unity. They unite the disability community annually to celebrate the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed into law on July 26, 1990.
The day kicks off with the Disability Pride March coordinated by the St. Louis ARC, which will begin at the park’s Visitor’s Center and end at the Missouri History Museum’s North Plaza with a dance party led by the Variety kids and welcoming remarks by museum staff and Alderman Rasheed Aldridge.
The rest of the day will consist of many options for inside and out of the museum. Activities include participatory adaptive sports demonstrations a sensory room by the St. Louis ARC, disability-related vendors and community organizations, children’s and adult book readings and a book giveaway, art activities presented by Artists First, therapy dogs from DUO Dogs, an Adaptable Fashion Poster Display coordinated by the Sam Fox School of Art) and adaptable fashion show. On the stage will be C-Quig, a rapper with autism, and a “FestAbility Cabaret” performance produced by That Uppity Theatre Company under the direction of Merry Keller.
That Uppity Theatre Company will also offer a free, nonpartisan photo booth, to shoot pictures of current and future voters in conjunction with the St Louis Public Library. Voter registration and information will also be available.