WHEN her adopted daughter experienced “disability discrimination” in a pub, Jenny Skelton decided to take positive action.
She set up Disability Pride Brighton, a bid to raise awareness of the diversity and value of disabled people – with both visible and invisible, impairments or conditions.
The festival is now in its second year and is a growing success.
This year's event is taking place today and kicks off at 11.30am with a parade along Brighton promenade from the i360 to the Peace Statue on Hove Lawns.
There will be entertainment and information stalls which will run until 7pm.
The entire event is free.
Ms Skelton said: “We want to change the perception of disability in the community so that disability is seen as a natural part of human diversity.”
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