Awareness in the Community
Dissolve Dysautonomia: Diss the Dys had the privilege to table at Worcester's Out to Lunch Disability Pride Event hosted by Downtown Worcester BID (Business Improvement District) in July 2025! This event was produced in partnership with Worcester's Accessibility Advisory Commission to celebrate Disability Pride Month, which is every July, and to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the ADA (Americans with Disability Act). Our Dysautonomia Awareness Ambassadors tabled during the entire event increasing awareness of Dys and our mission.
Photo Credit: 2025 Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers' Market, Mike Hendrickson for Downtown Worcester BID
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One picture is one of our Dysautonomia Awareness Ambassadors tabling at Disability Pride event talking at the table covered in a Dissolve Dysautonomia tablecloth.
The second picture shows two of our Dysautonomia Awareness Ambassadors posing with big smiles behind the table at the Disability Pride event.
The third picture is the Disability Pride Flag flying in the bright blue sky for the first time in Worcester. The flag has a black background in each corner with a diagonal set of parallel stripes in red, gold, white, blue, and green from bottom-left to top-right.
The meaning of the colors on the Disability Pride Flag are the following:
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Red: Physical Disabilities
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Gold: Neurodiversity
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White: Non-visible & Undiagnosed Disabilities
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Blue: Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities
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Green: Sensory Disabilities (including deafness, blindness, lack of smell or taste, audio processing disorders)
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Black: Mourning and anger for victims of ableist violence and abuse, & lives lost due to their disability
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The Founder of Diss the Dys: Dissolve Dysautonomia awareness campaign had the pleasure to be on WCCA TV 194 for two episodes.
First Episode:
https://www.wccatv.com/video/connecting-the-dots/connectingthedots-151
Second Episode:
https://www.wccatv.com/video/connecting-the-dots/connectingthedots-152
"Connecting the Dots is a non-traditional legal program hosted by attorney Liz Myska, emphasizing the attorney as a trusted advisor with an interdisciplinary approach to solving life's issues. In this episode, Liz interviews Kate McGrath, who discusses her challenges with Dysautonomia, a nervous system disorder affecting bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, digestion, and temperature control. Kate also speaks about her campaign to raise awareness of this little-known disease."
You can watch / listen to the first episode by using the above link, visiting our YouTube page, or by clicking this video:
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The City of Worcester presented a Proclamation for October as Dysautonomia Awareness Month in 2024! The City's Accessibility Advisory Commission and the Diss the Dys: Dissolve Dysautonomia awareness campaign are committed to encouraging our city and the world to celebrate Dysautonomia Awareness Month in October every year!
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Alt Text: Founder of this awareness campaign receiving the Proclamation on behalf of the Accessibility Advisory Commission inside Worcester City Hall's chambers.
Dissolve Dysautonomia was at the Woo Sox game in April 2024 to be honored as the 'Heart of Worcester' and for Dysautonomia Awareness! The Founder and a few of our Dysautonomia Awareness Ambassadors were part of the pre-game ceremony. Thank you to the Woo Sox Foundation for this opportunity to increase awareness!
Check out the video and pictures below. See more on our social media platforms too.
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Alt Text: Founder of Diss the Dys and Dysautonomia Awareness Ambassadors at Polar Park
