TagMedia representation

The image shows a young American male in his 20s of Indian American descent, with brown skin and black hair. He is sitting at a desk with a laptop open in front of him with some books on the side of the table. The laptop has the word Berkeley on it as does the brown t-shirt he is wearing. Behind him on the wall are college banners and posters with words like Cal, Golden Bears, and catchy phrases like, Bear Den, enter at your own risk.

Posted February 6, 2021 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

A Boy Like Me

A Boy Like Me Hari Srinivasan One morning in late November 2020, I woke up to find that my rather modest twitter account had somehow gained around 1500 followers … Continue Reading A Boy Like Me

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Posted May 4, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

7 Documentaries to Watch After Crip Camp

7 Documentaries by Deaf and Disabled People to Watch After Crip Camp If you recently watched Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution and want to learn more here are 7 … Continue Reading 7 Documentaries to Watch After Crip Camp

photo of Jade Bryan, a Black Deaf woman sitting in a director’s chair outdoors with trees and parked cars behind her. She is wearing all black, and a black beret and glasses. Her left leg is crossed over her right, both arms folded.

Posted February 10, 2020 Podcast

Ep 70: Black Deaf Filmmakers

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep70_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday’s episode features an interview with Jade Bryan, a Black Deaf creator, screenwriter, Executive Producer and … Continue Reading Ep 70: Black Deaf Filmmakers

Picture is of Frances sitting in her wheelchair; smiling, wearing a black top and her blonde hair down.

Posted July 31, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Austerity & Disabled People in the UK: Q&A with Frances Ryan

Tell me a little about yourself! Frances: I’m a journalist and wheelchair user based in Nottingham, England. I write a weekly column for the U.K. Guardian, typically about disability, poverty, … Continue Reading Austerity & Disabled People in the UK: Q&A with Frances Ryan

Picture of a Black man with blonde dreadlocks smiling at camera wearing a black ribbed sweater jacket with grey fur collar, white t-shirt and two silver necklaces. Photo credit: RJ Patel

Posted April 22, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

The Saccharine Sweet Lies of Special, a Netflix original series

The Saccharine Sweet Lies of Special D’Arcee Charington Neal Content notes: rape, sexual abuse, self-loathing, internalized ableism, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts If you could’ve told me that … Continue Reading The Saccharine Sweet Lies of Special, a Netflix original series

Posted February 23, 2019 Podcast

Ep 45: Mental Health and People of Color

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Posted February 10, 2019 Podcast

Ep 44: Disabled Writers with Carly Findlay

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep44.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday I talk with Carly Findlay, author of a new book titled Say Hello published by … Continue Reading Ep 44: Disabled Writers with Carly Findlay

On the left is Ing Wong-Ward, a Chinese Canadian disabled woman with short black hair and a cream top with black decorative print on the sleeves. She is in a wheelchair with a belt across her chest. On the right is Alice Wong, A Chinese American disabled woman with short black hair and a black shirt with small white cat paw prints. She is in a wheelchair and wearing a mask over her nose attached to a tube for her ventilator.

Posted December 1, 2018 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Ing Wong-Ward and Alice Wong

Alice Wong interviewed Ing Wong-Ward for the Disability Visibility Project® at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 25, 2016. Ing shares with Alice how she became a journalist and a disabled parent. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Ing Wong-Ward and Alice Wong

Posted October 8, 2017 Podcast

Ep 4: Disabled People in Media & Journalism

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSThis episode is on disabled people in media and representation. Alice talks with social justice journalist … Continue Reading Ep 4: Disabled People in Media & Journalism

graphic with a white background. On the left is an illustration of a typewriter in black. On the right side are the words: DISABLED WRITERS in black. Below in smaller font in red: disabledwriters.com @DisabledWriters. Below that in larger black font: Increasing disability in journalism one connection at a time.

Posted July 5, 2017 DVP News and Events

DisabledWriters.com: Increasing disability diversity in journalism

The Disability Visibility Project® is all about pushing the status quo in media and journalism. One example is our partnership with novelist Nicola Griffith in #CripLit, a series of Twitter chats … Continue Reading DisabledWriters.com: Increasing disability diversity in journalism

Aqua blue graphic with the black text centered that reads: #FilmDis Twitter Chat, 20th Anniversary of Gattaca & Human Gene Editing Today, February 18, 2017 6 pm Pacific/ 9 pm Eastern, @dominickevans @DisVisibility @C_G_S @longmoreinst @DREDF On the lower-left hand corner is a black icon of a female human, male human, and a child standing next to one another with a double helix underneath. On the lower-right hand corner is a black icon that shows test tubes and a microscope.

Posted February 3, 2017 DVP News and Events

2/18 #FilmDis Chat: 20th Anniversary of #Gattaca & Human Gene Editing

#FilmDis Twitter Chat 20th Anniversary of Gattaca & Human Gene Editing Today Saturday, February 18, 2017 6 pm Pacific/ 9 pm Eastern Truth *is* stranger than fiction. Join Alice … Continue Reading 2/18 #FilmDis Chat: 20th Anniversary of #Gattaca & Human Gene Editing

Posted October 17, 20165 Comments Uncategorized

Media Talk 2: Responses to Clinton campaign ad by disabled people

This year the Clinton campaign featured a number of people with disabilities in their ads (here and here for example)— quite possibly more than any candidate during any Presidential election. … Continue Reading Media Talk 2: Responses to Clinton campaign ad by disabled people

Posted September 18, 20162 Comments Guest Blog Posts

9/27 #CripTheVote chat: Storytelling and Voting

#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Storytelling and Voting Tuesday, September 27, 2016 5 pm Eastern Guest host: Rooted in Rights Hosted by Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, #CripTheVote Twitter … Continue Reading 9/27 #CripTheVote chat: Storytelling and Voting

Posted March 2, 20153 Comments Guest Blog Posts

Guest blog post: Agents of SHIELD, Change, and the Representation of Disability

There are so many nerdy crips out there. A friend of the Disability Visibility Project and fellow diehard sci-fi/Game of Thrones/comic book fan, Jihan Abbas wrote a guest blog post onMarvel’s Agents of … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Agents of SHIELD, Change, and the Representation of Disability