General Disability Etiquette – April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month

Mobility Disabilities.

Respect personal space and assistive devices. Offer help, when necessary, but always ask first.

Do: Before assisting, ask, “Can I help you with that?” and wait for a response

Don’t: Lean on or move someone’s wheelchair, walker, cane, or other mobility aid unless you have been asked.

Don’t: Block access to ramps, elevators, or accessible parking spaces.

Don’t: Assume someone needs help based solely on their disability.

These “Think Again” reminders are courtesy of ILICIL Independent Lifestyles, Inc. in Sauk Rapids Minnesota.

UPCOMING EVENTS JUST FOR YOU!

Palouse Family Fair Walk & Roll

April 25, 2026 – 1-4 pm – Pullman City Playfields

Join DAC NW at this fun event held for all our citizens! Enjoy a bike rodeo, our wheelchair obstacle course, tour police cars and fire trucks and more! Free face painting and cotton candy. Walk & roll the track at 2:30 with Butch T. Cougar and Tase T. Lentil.

Did U Know?

Captioning supports everyone including people with hearing loss or deafness, people for whom English is not their first language, and neurodiverse participants who may need captions to help focus. Captions also assist people with normal hearing who may be participating from a noisy space.

JOKE OF THE MONTH

Q: If you have 13 oranges in one hand, and 10 apples in the other, what do you have?

A. Big hands!

QUOTES TO MAKE YOU THINK

“Advocacy is not just a task for charismatic individuals or high-profile community organizers. Advocacy is for all of us; advocacy is a way of life. It is a natural response to the injustices and inequality in the world.”

~ Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century