Join DIYabled for a screening of Patrice: The Movie, a documentary about two disabled people who want to get engaged but are confronted by the danger that they would lose their benefits due to the "marriage penalty."

Patrice: The Movie is part of a “disability rebrand” in the tradition of films like Crip Camp, Fire Through Dry Grass, and I Didn’t See You There, which seek to center stories of disabled people and move the storytelling lens from the “medical model” of disability to the “social model.” The medical model links disability diagnosis to an individual’s physical body, supposing that this disability may reduce the individual’s quality of life and the aim is, with medical intervention, this disability will be diminished or corrected. The social model of disability is a way of viewing the world, developed by disabled people. The model says that people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or difference. The social model sheds light on the fact that the infrastructure of our systems was not created with disabled people in mind.

This event is organized by DIYabled, a grassroots group that believes DIY spaces are essential to creating a healthy thriving community. To support thriving community, DIY spaces need to be inclusive and accessible to people of all races, genders, sexual orientation and ability. The goal of DIYabled is to provide a place where we can ALL work together as a community to find solutions to make DIY spaces accessible to People Living with Disabilities (PLD).