Chrysanthemum Gates speaks Friday during the Disability Pride celebration in Augusta's Mill Park. Gates uses the social media platform TikTok to spread awareness and advocate about living with a disability.

Darryl Shepherd Jr., a project facilitator at Maine Inside Out, speaks Friday during the Disability Pride Maine celebration in Augusta's Mill Park.

Kim Moody, executive director of Disability Rights Maine, holds the microphone Friday for Sarah Trites, one of the three guest speakers featured during the Disability Pride Maine celebration in Augusta's Mill Park.

Kim Moody, executive director of Disability Rights Maine, introduces speakers Friday during the Disability Pride Maine celebration in Augusta's Mill Park.

Elizabeth Bryant, left, Joseph David Holmes, top right, and Bryanna Ringrose write "Human Rights" in chalk on the floor of the gazebo Friday during the Disability Pride Maine celebration in Augusta's Mill Park.