Mission Viejo Library Access and Inclusion Survey
The Mission Viejo Library wants to know how they can better serve people with disabilities in the community. The library will be spending several months gathering feedback that will be … Continue Reading Mission Viejo Library Access and Inclusion Survey
Q&A with Amanda Leduc on Fairy Tales and Disability
Tell me a little about yourself! I’m a disabled Canadian writer with cerebral palsy currently living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I’ve always been interested in the weird and wonderful—my first … Continue Reading Q&A with Amanda Leduc on Fairy Tales and Disability
Ep 70: Black Deaf Filmmakers
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Community as Home: Call for Stories
Deadline for submissions: March 6, 2020 #CommunityAsHome is a collaboration by two disabled artists of color, Ashanti Fortson and Alice Wong, featuring 15 digital portraits and stories representing the diversity … Continue Reading Community as Home: Call for Stories
![[Left] Photo of Samuel Valdez, performing in his show And He Became Man. A Latino disabled man questions his manhood by looking back at his life recalling major events influencing him, asking, “What is a man”. [Right] Photo of Jason Dorwart, a white male about 40 years old with a long beard and greying hair looks at the camera. He wears a blue and red plaid shirt. Behind him is a mural silver, pink, and blue graffiti lettering.](https://i0.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Theatre-podcast.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
Ep 69: Theatre
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#ADA30InColor: Call for Stories
#ADA30InColor: Call for Stories Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2020 The Disability Visibility Project will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a series … Continue Reading #ADA30InColor: Call for Stories
Ep 68: Accessibility
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2/5 #DOnetwork Twitter Chat on Census 2020
#DisabilityCounts2020: How an Accurate Census Count Benefits Disabled People February 5, 2020 3-4 PM Pacific In partnership with the Disability Organizing (DO) Network, the Disability Visibility Project will host a … Continue Reading 2/5 #DOnetwork Twitter Chat on Census 2020
DVP 2019: Year in Review
Hello friends! Time flies, seriously. In 2014 the Disability Visibility Project (DVP) started a year before the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and here we are about … Continue Reading DVP 2019: Year in Review
Ep 67: Disabled Actors
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![[Left] White woman wearing high-collared shirt looks at camera. No smile. [Right] A white woman with long, straight blondish-reddish hair. She smiles at the camera, eyes slightly squinted in the sunlight, with one arm wrapped around a narrow pillar on a brick building. Her shirt is gray with a flower pattern. There are benches on the porch behind her.](https://i2.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Cyborgs-Twitter.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
Ep 66: Cyborgs
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The Americans With Disabilities Act Remains Crucial In The Fight Against Ableism 29 Years Later
The Americans With Disabilities Act Remains Crucial In The Fight Against Ableism 29 Years Later Amy Gaeta & Haley Moss The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) continues to … Continue Reading The Americans With Disabilities Act Remains Crucial In The Fight Against Ableism 29 Years Later
Ep 65: Black Mental Health
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Book excerpt from Nadina LaSpina’s memoir “Such a Pretty Girl”
The following is a short adapted excerpt from Chapter 24 in a new memoir by Nadina LaSpina, Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride. Chapter … Continue Reading Book excerpt from Nadina LaSpina’s memoir “Such a Pretty Girl”
America’s Medicaid Trap: Essay by Anna Landre
America’s Medicaid Trap Anna Landre Most nondisabled people I meet seem to assume that the U.S. government provides disabled Americans all the services and supports we need to survive, … Continue Reading America’s Medicaid Trap: Essay by Anna Landre
![[left] Dayniah Manderson, a young Black woman with long black hair and eyeglasses. She is in a power chair and wearing a yellow sleeveless shirt. She at her classroom door with the hallway in the background. [right] A Chinese American man with black hair dressed in a plaid shirt and cable-knit sweater.](https://i0.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Disabled-Teachers-Twitter.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
Ep 64: Disabled Teachers
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