

OPWDD has launched a new statewide public awareness campaign called “Look Beyond My Developmental Disability.” This call to action seeks to combat stigma towards people with developmental disabilities by asking everyone to look beyond the disability and see the person for all that they are – our neighbor, friend, co-worker, business owner and more.
Please join us. Help spread the message and fight stigma against people with developmental disabilities. Here’s how:
Example 1:
People with developmental disabilities are: students, friends, customers, voters, co-workers, neighbors, entrepreneurs, spouses, athletes...PEOPLE. End the stigma about developmental disabilities. Look beyond and see the person, not the disability. #LookBeyond
Example 2:
I am...a student, friend, customer, voter, co-worker, neighbor, entrepreneur, spouse, athlete...a person. End the stigma about developmental disabilities. Look beyond my developmental disability. #LookBeyond
Example 3:
Look Beyond. See the person, not the disability. #LookBeyond
Example 4:
People with developmental disabilities might have to use adaptive equipment, but that is not who they are. Look beyond and see the person, not the disability. #LookBeyond
OPWDD has created several materials to assist you in spreading the campaign's message to fight stigma against people with developmental disabilities. The campaign posters and social media graphics were translated into 12 languages. To download the social media graphics on your computer, please click on the item, right click and save the image.
English translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Arabic translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Bengali translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
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French translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Haitian translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Italian translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Korean translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Polish translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Russian translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Spanish translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Urdu translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social media.
Yiddish translation of the Look Beyond campaign graphic to be used on social...
Help spread the message to fight stigma against people with developmental disabilities by adding the Look Beyond campaign email signature to your own email. Our email signatures are just one more way we can remind our networks, colleagues and everyone we come into contact with that people with developmental disabilities are people first with their own unique goals, interests and abilities.
Instruction on setting up an email signature in Outlook
Stigma is when someone, or even you yourself, views a person in a negative way just because of particular characteristic or attribute such as a developmental disability. A stigma happens when a person defines someone by their disability rather than who they are as a person.