By Karen Ronney
The Southern California Tennis Association Foundation celebrates 🎉Disability Pride Month for a Special Adaptive Tennis Social Event on Sunday, July 13, from 9am to 4pm presented by USTA Southern California at the El Dorado Tennis Center in Long Beach. Players of all levels are welcome to participate in these four formats.
- Para-Standing Draw
- Up-Down Draw
- Wheelchair Draw
- Unified Doubles Draw
❓For questions about the event contact SCTA Foundation Executive Director Linda Milan at: lmilan@sctafoundation.org.
Disability Awareness: We honor the strength, diversity, and identity of people with disabilities. It marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed on July 26, 1990, which protects the rights of disabled individuals.
💪 Disability Pride is about visibility, self-acceptance, and challenging ableism. It honors all kinds of disabilities—physical, mental, sensory, intellectual, and invisible.
🌈 The Disability Pride Flag features five vibrant colors:
- 🔴 Red: physical disabilities
- 🟡 Gold: neurodivergence
- ⚪ White: invisible/disabilities
- 🔵 Blue: psychiatric disabilities
- 🟢 Green: sensory disabilities
- ⚫ Black background = mourning and strength
🎾Join the #SCTAFoundation to celebrate tennis as an equal opportunity sport with inclusion, access, and the power of disability identity in tennis and in life. ♿❤️
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About the Southern California Tennis Association Foundation:
We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization and is the charitable arm of USTA Southern California. The Foundation’s mission is to “Change lives and build communities through tennis.” Since 2020, the SCTA Foundation has had a community impact of giving over $1million in tennis grants and tennis scholarships to deserving youth, adults, tennis organizations, tennis facilities and tennis programs to make tennis an equal opportunity sport, accessible to all, regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, or economic background. Visit us on Social Media on Instagram and Facebook. To learn more about the SCTA Foundation go to: www.sctafoundation.org. To donate go to: sctafoundation.org/donate/.
