Disability Visibility Project

#StaceyTaughtUs: Record your story for the Disability Visibility Project

Stacey Park Milbern (1987-2020) recorded her oral history twice for the Disability Visibility Project, a community partnership with StoryCorps. As communities celebrate Stacey’s life and work, I invite you to … Continue Reading

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Picture of Sachin Pavithran, a South Asian man in a suit holding white cane outside the Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Posted 4 days ago Podcast

Ep 78: Hate Crimes

[Left] Dolores is a fat brown femme with a round face. She smiles without showering teeth. Their black hair is pulled back. [Right] Stacey is a mixed race Korean and white queer person wearing a blue-and white striped tank top and her trach can be seen.

Posted 1 week ago DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Stacey Park Milbern and Dolores Tejada

Dolores Tejada interviewed Stacey Park Milbern for the Disability Visibility Project in San Francisco on September 26, 2015. Audio Description In this clip, Stacey Park Milbern and Dolores Tejada … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Stacey Park Milbern and Dolores Tejada

Posted 1 week ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Message to The Future

Last week Rose Eveleth’s Flash Forward podcast celebrated its fifth year with an episode featuring messages to 50 years in the future from past guests including myself. I can only … Continue Reading Message to The Future

Image is a photo of Hannah Gadsby in a dark suit, holding some of her handmade pet rocks.

Posted 1 week ago Guest Blog Posts

Interview with Hannah Gadsby on autism, accommodations and performing live

Hannah Gadsby on autism, accommodations and performing live Sharon daVanport If you’re one of the millions of people who watched comedian Hannah Gadsby fiercely take on homophobia, misogyny, sexism, … Continue Reading Interview with Hannah Gadsby on autism, accommodations and performing live

Posted 2 weeks ago DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Stacey Park Milbern Remembered

Stacey Park Milbern interviewed Corbett OToole for the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco on April 14, 2017 Both describe how disability community, history, and justice impacted their lives. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Stacey Park Milbern Remembered

A photo of Stacey Park Milbern, a mixed race Korean and white queer person, holding a paper sign that reads “Cherished.” The photo is stylistically torn at the edges with cursive text appearing across the bottom, “Stacey Milbern.”

Posted 2 weeks ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

#StaceyTaughtUs Syllabus: Work by Stacey Park Milbern

#StaceyTaughtUs Syllabus Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Alice Wong Stacey Park Milbern taught us so much. Here is a syllabus with a small sample of her work through interviews, blog … Continue Reading #StaceyTaughtUs Syllabus: Work by Stacey Park Milbern

Stacey Park Milbern outside smiling at the camera with gold rimmed aviator sunglasses on. Her short, undercut styled hair is swooped forward over her forehead a little to the right. A tiger tattoo curls up her bare right arm. She is wearing a grey sleeveless tee shirt with a bold black horizontal stripe and red and black plaid leggings.

Posted 2 weeks ago DVP News and Events

#StaceyTaughtUs: Record your story for the Disability Visibility Project

A mixed race Korean and white queer person smiles head on at the camera. She has big glasses and is wearing a crewneck. Her trach and wheelchair can be seen.

Posted 2 weeks ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Loving Stacey Park Milbern: A Remembrance

My friend Stacey Park Milbern died today, May 19, 2020, on her birthday. I haven’t cried yet and am overwhelmed with gratitude for knowing and loving her. I feel sadness … Continue Reading Loving Stacey Park Milbern: A Remembrance

A black and white photo of a light-skinned woman leaning back in her wheelchair, from her shoulders up. Her cat is laying across her chest, looking at the camera. She is smiling.

Posted 3 weeks ago Guest Blog Posts

Reasons to be Angry During a Pandemic

Reasons to be Angry During a Pandemic Hannah Soyer I woke up a few days ago feeling incredibly angry. It is a feeling reminiscent of the months preceding … Continue Reading Reasons to be Angry During a Pandemic

A head and shoulders picture of a woman with short brown/gray hair, glasses, and a big smile standing in front of a column in a government building. The picture is off center and there are blurred lights in the background. She is wearing a gray patterned sweater over a gray, blue and black patterned dress.

Posted 3 weeks ago Podcast

Ep 77: Mental Health Advocacy

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, a black transmasculine person with medium brown skin, a septum ring, and a big smile stands in front of a hydrangea bush that is behind a white picket fence on a sunny day. It’s so bright his eyes have squinted closed. He is wearing black shortalls, a gold triangle necklace, and a silky, floral black shirt rolled up to the elbows. Photo by J.D. Stokely

Posted 3 weeks ago Guest Blog Posts

A Paradoxical History of Black Disease

A Paradoxical History of Black Disease Cyrée Jarelle Johnson Content notes: slavery, white supremacy, racism, genocide, violence, death Just two months after the Civil War ended, freedmen … Continue Reading A Paradoxical History of Black Disease

Photo of Héctor M. Ramírez, a Latino Chiricahua Apache man wearing a maroon t-shirt that says ASL with 2 illustrations of hands spelling ‘a’ and ‘f’ as in af meaning “as fuck”. His right hand is showing the sign, "I love you" in American Sign Language.

Posted 3 weeks ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Food Insecurity & COVID-19: Interview with Héctor M. Ramírez

Interview with Héctor M. Ramírez on hunger and food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic This is a condensed interview with Héctor M. Ramírez, a disability rights advocate who volunteers at … Continue Reading Food Insecurity & COVID-19: Interview with Héctor M. Ramírez

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Posted 1 month ago 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

[left] Alex, an above the knee amputee, poses joyously in a monochromatic light blue outfit and a dark blue bandana around his neck. Balancing on his crutches, he beams looking off into the distance with his dark brown, wavy hair framing his face. [right] Photograph of Karen Nakamura (an asian american woman with short hair) holding her service dog Momo, a grey and white beagle. The photograph is studio quality.

Posted 1 month ago Podcast

Ep 76: Film Festivals

Asian American woman in a power chair sitting at a patio with a red hoodie and a floral print handkerchief around her mouth. She’s wearing a mask over her nose attached to a gray tube.

Posted 1 month ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

DVP Coronavirus Stories

What is life? 2020 has certainly taken a turn. Like, seriously! Storytelling is more important than ever during the coronavirus pandemic as we see disabled, sick, and immunocompromised share their … Continue Reading DVP Coronavirus Stories

Elsa, a caucasian woman with short asymmetrical red hair, looks over her blue glasses with a half smile on her face. Her right eye is an aqua cataract, her right is grey and has a pupil. She wears pink lipstick that matches her pink and grey hearing aids. She wears a teal geometric blouse and leather jacket, and is pictured with her guide dog. Her guide dog has brown eyes and looks bored.

Posted 1 month ago Guest Blog Posts

My Life Has Quality

My Life Has Quality Elsa R. Sjunneson Content notes: assisted suicide, suicide, ableism, eugenics, murder, filicide The brownstone has high ceilings and blonde hardwood floors, fairy lights twinkle from … Continue Reading My Life Has Quality