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Posted 9 hours ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

In Remembrance of Patty Berne, January 21, 1967 – May 29, 2025

A friend sent me this photo of my comrade Patty Berne. I looked so different then without the tracheostomy and ventilator. In my memory Patty looks the same, just … Continue Reading In Remembrance of Patty Berne, January 21, 1967 – May 29, 2025

Divided picture—Bold, Brave, and Breathless book cover on the right. On left: Margaret is in a purple printed dress, white shoes and sweater. She is Caucasian and has brown bobbed hair. She is smiling while sitting in a motorized wheelchair that has a communication device (tablet) mounted on a silver bar in front of her. She is sitting in front of a table covered with copies of her book Bold, Brave, and Breathless, along with purple and white balloons floating above the books. She is in a library with full shelves of books lining the walls.

Posted 4 days ago Guest Blog Posts

My Disability Was Used as a Synonym for an ‘Undesirable’ Characteristic. Will You Join Me in Obliterating This Logic?

My Disability Was Used as a Synonym for an ‘Undesirable’ Characteristic. Will You Join Me in Obliterating This Logic? Margaret Anne Mary Moore Content warning: The R word, ableist … Continue Reading My Disability Was Used as a Synonym for an ‘Undesirable’ Characteristic. Will You Join Me in Obliterating This Logic?

Posted 3 weeks ago Guest Blog Posts

Empathy to fight colonial abhorrence and amnesia: global solidarity with and disability justice in Palestine, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo as moral imperative

Empathy to fight colonial abhorrence and amnesia: global solidarity with and disability justice in Palestine, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo as moral imperative Nelly Bassily Dying … Continue Reading Empathy to fight colonial abhorrence and amnesia: global solidarity with and disability justice in Palestine, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo as moral imperative

Graphic with a purple background, A photo of Joe’s head and shoulders on a gray background. He is a white man with a short cropped, dark beard and is wearing black rimmed round glasses, a black t-shirt, and tan colored flat cap.

Posted 4 weeks ago Guest Blog Posts

Immigrant Rights Are Disability Rights

Immigrant Rights Are Disability Rights Joe Stramondo In 2019, a White disability rights leader with a national reputation, Bruce Darling, had a spectacular fall from grace because of comments … Continue Reading Immigrant Rights Are Disability Rights

Posted 4 weeks ago Guest Blog Posts

Unmasking Mask Hate: The Racial-Criminal Pathologization of Dissent

Unmasking Mask Hate: The Racial-Criminal Pathologization of Dissent Leah Harris and Liat Ben-Moshe Masking as a constitutional matter hit the news cycle once again on June 8 when … Continue Reading Unmasking Mask Hate: The Racial-Criminal Pathologization of Dissent

Posted 1 month ago Guest Blog Posts

In Trumpian times, we need joyful narratives around disability more than ever

Frances Ryan When I began to write a book four years ago about life for disabled women and non-binary people, I didn’t bank on it being particularly topical. Publishers love … Continue Reading In Trumpian times, we need joyful narratives around disability more than ever

A white woman wearing glasses and a black sweater smiles while holding a small, fluffy white dog in her arms. They are surrounded by tall shelves filled with books, and are gazing together at the camera through a circular “window” opening in a sculptural wall made of hardcover books in an array of colors.

Posted March 17, 2025 Guest Blog Posts

The Eugenics Logic Behind Running a Government Like a Startup Under the Trump Administration

The Eugenics Logic Behind Running a Government Like a Startup Under the Trump Administration Valerie Black Trump’s favorite broligarch Elon Musk is attempting to run the United States … Continue Reading The Eugenics Logic Behind Running a Government Like a Startup Under the Trump Administration

Une illustration sur fond bleu clair qui présente des morceaux de pastèque coupés en formes triangulaires et des graines de pastèque. Au centre sur un carré blanc, le texte « Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza » est inscrit. Graphic with a border around it that has slices of watermelons. In the center is French text, "Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza"

Posted February 11, 2025 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza

Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza Traduit de l’anglais par D. M. Bradford et Nikki Walker Faites un don ici : https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza 中文 Simplified and Traditional … Continue Reading Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza

Graphic with a purple background. In the center is a photo of a white woman against a grey wall, her head is tilted slightly to the right, looking away from the camera. She has curly hair, dyed magenta, uses greenish glasses and is wearing a black shirt.

Posted January 31, 2025 Guest Blog Posts

Rain Man for Millennials and Other Adventures in Ableism with Sally Rooney

Rain Man for Millennials and Other Adventures in Ableism with Sally Rooney Aisling Walsh Rain Man, the 1988 hit movie directed by Barry Levinson, brought autism into the … Continue Reading Rain Man for Millennials and Other Adventures in Ableism with Sally Rooney

Graphic with a beige background. On the left and right are multicolored snakes with different patterns along their bodies. On the top and bottom are cloud shapes in magenta. Text in the center reads, "Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: A Lunar New Year Update"

Posted January 29, 2025 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: A Lunar New Year Update

Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: A Lunar New Year Update Year of the Snake Means Transformation After 470 days and 76 years of genocide, Gaza finally has a … Continue Reading Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: A Lunar New Year Update

Graphic with a plum colored background. In the center a photo of a young white woman sits outdoors, smiling at the camera. Her brown hair is cut in a long bob with bangs and she has oversized rose-gold glasses. She wears a pink blouse with silver buttons down the front and brown slacks. In the background you can see a patio with iron chairs, and a fir tree lit up with blue lights for the holidays.

Posted January 1, 2025 Guest Blog Posts

Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate

Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate Nicole Schroeder Content warnings: suicidal ideations, mentions of medical abuse and neglect Like most disabled people, I am … Continue Reading Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate

Graphic with a pink background. In the center is a photo of Alice Wong, Asian American woman in a wheelchair with a tracheostomy at her neck connected to a ventilator. She’s wearing a pink plaid shirt, pink pants, and a magenta lip color. She is smiling and behind her are a bunch of large fern-like plants. Photo credit: Allison Busch Photography.

Posted December 27, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Year In Review: 2024

Hi everyone, In July 10 years ago I founded the Disability Visibility Project. I still have trouble believing all that I’ve done and how much has changed. I was happy … Continue Reading Year In Review: 2024

Graphic with a dark blue background. In the center is a close-up of Khaled outside in the sun, dark brown hair combed up, slight brown beard and hazel-brown eyes staring into the camera. He wears a slight smile and a blue and gray zip up with maroon shirt underneath.

Posted December 16, 2024 Guest Blog Posts

The Intersection of Disability and Genocide

The Intersection of Disability and Genocide dena harry saleh En Español “Flies, mosquitoes, gunshots and bombing – everything is against me 😂” – Khaled Sulaiman … Continue Reading The Intersection of Disability and Genocide

Ly Xīnzhèn is an androgynous and transmasculine East Asian person in their early thirties. They have short black hair with light highlights and they’re wearing a blue top with an abstract pattern, a handmade watermelon pin, and a silver magen david necklace.

Posted December 15, 2024 Guest Blog Posts

Not Just Gus Walz: Understanding the Ableist Logic of Toxic White Masculinity in the New Eugenics Era

Not Just Gus Walz: Understanding the Ableist Logic of Toxic White Masculinity in the New Eugenics Era Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Content notes: Mention of IQ, ableist slurs … Continue Reading Not Just Gus Walz: Understanding the Ableist Logic of Toxic White Masculinity in the New Eugenics Era

Posted November 11, 2024 Sponsored post

Help Shape San Francisco’s Accessible Future

Help Shape San Francisco’s Accessible Future Alice Wong When I first moved to San Francisco over 25 years ago for grad school, I was excited yet intimidated. … Continue Reading Help Shape San Francisco’s Accessible Future

Graphic with an olive green background. An illustration of s.e. smith, a white person with curly brown hair streaked with silver wearing an orange sweater and a large purple scarf. Behind s.e.’s head, a spray of poppies, nasturtiums, and columbine in hues of orange, red, and yellow against a green background. (Illustration by Michaela Oteri)

Posted November 10, 2024 Guest Blog Posts

I’m Co-Founding a Feminist Media Collective: Here’s Why Disability Will Be All Over It from the Start

I’m Co-Founding a Feminist Media Collective: Here’s Why Disability Will Be All Over It from the Start s.e. smith Fifteen years ago, in October 2009, a mostly feminist … Continue Reading I’m Co-Founding a Feminist Media Collective: Here’s Why Disability Will Be All Over It from the Start