Orange Socks Day: November 13th
Orange Socks is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “help families find a new normal as they navigate through the grief that comes when they’re told that their little one will be different”.
Orange Socks provides support and encouragement by linking families to local, national, and online resources and organizations about their child’s medical diagnosis. They also help connect parents to other families who have had similar situations and diagnosis.
On Wednesday, November 13th, Orange Socks invites you to stand with people with disabilities. Instead of “you don’t fit in”, by wearing orange socks, you are showing people with disabilities that “we stand with you.”
Orange Socks states that by wearing Orange Socks you are committing to:
Suspend judgment, invest your time, get to know someone with a disability
Ask them what they need when you interact with them – don’t assume
Lead with love – this way other people will feel comfortable reaching out with kindness as well.
Refer to someone with a disability as a person first, disability second (e.g. say a child with Down syndrome not a Down Syndrome child).
Stand up for others with disabilities. They are not second-class citizens.
Show your support today and wear your Orange Socks!
For more information about ways to celebrate, click here. You can reach to main website of Orange Socks here.
Kristen Bencomo, M.A., CCC-SLP
Co-Founder/Director of Development
kristen@collaborativecorner.org