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Graphic with a yellow background featuring a photo of Sandra Yellowhorse. Sandra is smiling at the camera. She is outside and next to a Māori (Indigenous to New Zealand) timber carving of a taniwha (water spirit, powerful leader). She has long brown hair and is wearing a black sweater and turquoise skirt with black, red, orange and yellow woven bands. She is wearing turquoise earrings, a turquoise necklace and a large beaded ring that matches her skirt.

Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes

Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes Sandra Yellowhorse I have been journeying through life in relation to disability for … Continue Reading Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes

Posted 4 weeks ago Guest Blog Posts

Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness

Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness ada hubrig “The lines of united ableism and trans hatred are crystal clear. We must inform ourselves and our communities. … Continue Reading Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness

Graphic with a black background with a photo of a 40ish mixed race Sri Lankan, Irish and Galician nonbinary femme with curly brown silver and purple hair, lying on a couch looking at the viewer horizontally. They have rose gold aviator frames, thick eyebrows, red lipstick and sand colored skin, and are looking at the viewer with a kind of tired but hopefully crip wonder. They wear a blue denim vest with a pin that says Neurodivergent Universe above a pink and blue image of a ringed planet, and a black tank top with yellow lettering that read Talk To Plants, Not Cops is barely visible. They have a tattoo of the words "We begin by listening" in magenta cursive script on their left arm.

Posted 2 months ago Guest Blog Posts

where do we go from here? a roundtable from some disability justice organizers in this the only moment in time

where do we go from here? a roundtable from some disability justice organizers in this the only moment in time Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Something I keep thinking this … Continue Reading where do we go from here? a roundtable from some disability justice organizers in this the only moment in time

Graphic with a teal background. In the center a photo of Alana Theriault, a white woman, is sitting in a power wheelchair and smiling. She has short reddish-blonde hair that is beginning to gray. She is wearing a rust colored long sleeve shirt, a blue scarf, and gray slacks, and is holding a narrow clear ventilator tube in her hand. The background is a wooden fence. Photo Credit: DeAnna Tibbs Photography (deannatibbs.com)

Posted 3 months ago Guest Blog Posts

If It Ain’t Broke

If It Ain’t Broke Alana Theriault Morning is not my favorite time for sex. I’m snuggled down and groggy under my electric blanket tucked perfectly over my right … Continue Reading If It Ain’t Broke

Color photograph of Beatrice Adler-Bolton, simple portrait photo of a pale, freckled white woman with natural red to dyed orange long wavy hair, wearing round gold rimmed glasses and a black t-shirt in front of a white background.

Posted April 9, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

“Mask off at the door” policies undermine our rights as disabled people

“Mask off at the door” policies undermine our rights as disabled people Beatrice Adler-Bolton In early March, as the third anniversary of Covid-19 passed unnoticed by many, comments … Continue Reading “Mask off at the door” policies undermine our rights as disabled people

Photo of Alice Wong in front of a cement wall. She is wearing a blue cardigan and sitting in a power chair. She is staring intently at the camera, wearing a bold red lip color, and a trach at her neck. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.

Posted February 22, 2023 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Creativity and Recovery: An Update

Last summer I wrote about several major medical crises that led to 4 weeks in the intensive care unit. Months later, my recovery has been slow, difficult, and frustrating. Healing … Continue Reading Creativity and Recovery: An Update

Rasheera Dopson, MPH, a Black woman with medium-dark brown hair. She is wearing a sleeveless blue and white checkered top, with a silver necklace, wearing red lipstick and smiling.

Posted January 10, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Black Women Leaders and Disability Justice

Black Women Leaders and Disability Justice Rasheera Dopson, MPH In most traditional images and coverage of political leadership, Black women are not the faces that come to mind. Leadership … Continue Reading Black Women Leaders and Disability Justice

Many, many workers with picket signs reading "UAW: On Strike: Unfair Labor Practice". They are crowded together outdoors and in the sea of faces there appears to be only one worker wearing a surgical mask. Photo by: Ian Castro. 2022. Provided on FairUC Now Website for Press Use

Posted January 7, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Shoved From the Ivory Tower

Shoved From the Ivory Tower: Disabled Graduate Students Crushed Between the University of California & Their Union Heather Ringo and Julia Métraux On November 29th, 2022, over 200 … Continue Reading Shoved From the Ivory Tower

Graphic in blue with white starbursts in the background. In the center in large text is 2022 with 20 stacked on top of 22. Below in white text: DVP Year in Review

Posted January 1, 2023 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

DVP: 2022 Year in Review

Hello my friends! Whew, what a year, huh? If you told me what would happen in the beginning of last year I would have never believed you. Here’s a brief … Continue Reading DVP: 2022 Year in Review

Photo with a purple-pink reflective background featuring a gold dipper spoon from @umeshiso_ (on IG). On the left are gold ginkgo leaf decorations, a small rainbow, and below are two clear crystals. Photo credit: @ziru.mo (on IG). Right: Photo with a purple-pink background with a copy of Year of the Tiger paperback in the center. Above and below the book are a pair of rainbow chopsticks from @umeshiso_ (on IG). On the right of the book is a tiger bookmark and is one round tiger sticker and one round tiger button. Floral decorations and a small rainbow decor are placed around the edges. Photo credit: @ziru.mo (on IG)

Posted November 13, 2022 DVP News and Events

Year of the Tiger x Umeshio collab

I love shiny things, especially the rainbow and gold spoons and chopsticks from Umeshio.com, a nonbinary disabled gaysian owned-business created by Umeko Motoyoshi. We are teaming up and offering … Continue Reading Year of the Tiger x Umeshio collab

Graphic with a gray background. From left to right: Digital collage that includes Black and white photo portraits of three people staring pensively at the camera, an Afro-Latina person with medium length curly hair swept to one side of her shoulders, An Asian person smiling, she is wearing a trach at her neck and wearing a crew neck blouse. She is sitting in her power wheelchair. An Iranian person with short, dark curly hair and circular. They wear a black shirt while their hand rests on their chin. Around each persons head rests an illustrated cream colored circle crown on a purple background. Artist credit: Jen White-Johnson

Posted September 12, 2022 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Society of Disabled Oracles

Hello everyone! I wrote about disabled oracles in the past such as a talk I gave on August 6, 2020, “The Last Disabled Oracle,” as part of Assembly for … Continue Reading Society of Disabled Oracles

Graphic with a black background with a photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair. Behind her is a gray concrete wall. She is wearing a bold red lip color and an orange and black tiger striped sweater. A trach and ventilator tube is at her neck and shoulder. She is serving all the looks and giving a cheeky crooked smile. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.

Posted September 6, 2022 DVP News and Events

Year of the Tiger: Debut memoir by Alice Wong

Friends, the time is meow. Today my debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life, is available in paperback, audiobook, and e-book. It’s been a hell of a summer … Continue Reading Year of the Tiger: Debut memoir by Alice Wong

Graphic with a white background featuring an illustrated portrait of Alice Wong and Ashanti Fortson by Ashanti, with a purple, pink, mauve, and blue color palette. Wong is an Asian American woman wearing a dark blue jacket and a pink-and-lavender chevron-patterned scarf, as well as a mask over her nose with a tube for her Bi-Pap machine. Fortson is an Afro-Mexican person wearing light yellow star earrings, large and round pink glasses, and a dark blue knit shawl with accents in bright pink. Clouds swirl in front of the figures, and stars are visible in the night sky behind them. Shooting stars with bright pink trails are scattered throughout the portrait. Near the bottom of the image, embellished text reads “Alice and Ashanti,” and the text “#CommunityAsHome” is underneath.

Posted August 24, 2022 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Community As Home – Portraits

In 2020 artist Ashanti Fortson and Alice Wong collaborated in a project called Community As Home featuring a series digital portraits centered on the joy, culture, and love of disabled people and … Continue Reading Community As Home – Portraits

Graphic with a red background with a photo in the center of Sandy Ho in 5th or 6th grade. She has dark curly hair, is wearing a white sweater, and a blue and white flower collar. She is smiling at the camera.

Posted August 21, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Release the Red Panda

Release the Red Panda Sandy Ho Note: spoilers for the Pixar film Turning Red “Hi – Dr. Shapiro, it’s Sandy. I’m calling because my parents want me … Continue Reading Release the Red Panda

Graphic with a lavender background showing a photo of Emet’s funeral program. On the cover is a picture of Emet wearing a white and gray polka dotted collared button up shirt, with a gray bow tie. He has curly turquoise hair. He has a mustache and a nose piercing and is sitting in a power chair, smiling. Below it says Rabbi Emet Faye Tauber, August 30, 1994-March 25, 2019. In the background there are zebra stripes, rainbow pride flags, and trans pride flags.

Posted August 14, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle

Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle A different world is possible Noah Strauss There was always a journalist, Joshua Bright, in the room with us in those dying days, in … Continue Reading Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle

Graphic with a dark blue background. In the center is a photo of me in a hospital gown with tubes attached to my arms and face. Multiple pillows are underneath my arms and head. My hands are clasped together in the middle of my body. I have a serious look on my face.

Posted August 7, 2022 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay

My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay Alice Wong Content notes: medical trauma, hospitalization, blood, systemic ableism, death, anxiety This is a semi-accurate account of what happened to … Continue Reading My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay