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Parents and advocates urge DC to adopt 'Eric’s ID' marking to signal hidden disabilities
Summary
A parent and her son — author of Maryland’s 'Eric’s ID' — asked the State Board to support DC legislation that would allow residents to add a butterfly symbol to IDs to signal hidden disabilities; advocates said the policy improves communication and safety during stressful encounters.
Linda Carpenter Grantham and her son Eric told the State Board March 18 about their campaign to let residents voluntarily add a small butterfly symbol to identification cards to indicate a hidden disability — a change they said improves communication and safety during interactions with first responders or law enforcement.
The family described how Maryland enacted "Eric’s ID" into law in 2025 and implemented the symbol on state IDs beginning Oct. 1. In Maryland, the…
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