MonthAugust 2016

Young white man with short sandy brown hair. He is wearing glasses and a blue button-down shirt. Over his shirt, he has a brown leather jacket. To the right of the image, a face of a white woman with blonde hair is partially cut off from the photo.

Posted August 28, 2016 Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post: Collecting the Scraps

‘Collecting the Scraps’: Intellectual Disability & Irish History By David Kilgannon I never intended to become involved in the creation of a history of the experience of people with intellectual … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Collecting the Scraps

Posted August 25, 20163 Comments Guest Blog Posts

#CripTheVote: Call to Action

The Problem Thousands of people with disabilities in California living under conservatorship may not realize they are disqualified from voting AND that their voting rights can be restored thanks to … Continue Reading #CripTheVote: Call to Action

Posted August 23, 2016 Guest Blog Posts

9/1: #CripTrek Twitter Chat

Hey disabled Star Trek fans – let’s let CBS know we’re here and we want disability representation in their new series, Star Trek: Discovery! Using two hashtags, #StarTrekDiscovery and #CripTrek, share an idea, picture, video, audio … Continue Reading 9/1: #CripTrek Twitter Chat

White woman standing and leaning against a stone wall lined against city street. She has short cropped brown hair and is wearing a short-sleeved black shirt and blue denim jeans. Next to her is a manual chair with black cushion and back.

Posted August 21, 20161 Comment Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post: Leg Envy/Arm Prejudice

Leg Envy/Arm Prejudice By Heidi Johnson-Wright All body parts are not created equal. This is often the opinion of non-gimps, especially when they take a break from their normal lives … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Leg Envy/Arm Prejudice

Posted August 20, 2016 Uncategorized

8/29 #CripLit chat: Disabled Writers, Ableism & the Publishing Industry

#CripLit Twitter Chat Disabled Writers, Ableism & the Publishing Industry Co-hosts: Nicola Griffith @nicolaz & Alice Wong @DisVisibility Guest host: Denarii Monroe @writersdelite Monday, August 29, 2016 4 pm Pacific/ … Continue Reading 8/29 #CripLit chat: Disabled Writers, Ableism & the Publishing Industry

Graphic with a white background. In text in rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue purple), it reads: #CripTheVote. On the right side is the graphic of a voting box with a marked ballot and the box has 4 quadrants with pictures of a wheelchair, 2 hands signing, a person using a cane and image of a person's brain

Posted August 17, 20161 Comment Guest Blog Posts

#CripTheVote Events Sept-Nov 2016

It’s hard to believe there are approximately 80 days until Election Day 2016! The co-partners of #CripTheVote, Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang, and Alice Wong have been busy organizing and planning … Continue Reading #CripTheVote Events Sept-Nov 2016

Black woman taking a selfie from her hospital bed. She has a blanket wrapped around her up to her neck and behind her are various medical devices and equipment on the wall. She is puckering her lips and looking right at the camera.

Posted August 9, 201610 Comments Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post: Being Black Looking Good While Chronically Ill

#DisabilityTooWhite Being Black Looking Good While Chronically Ill By Rachel Lovejoy Quit my job in Chicago, my hometown and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was a single, African American woman … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Being Black Looking Good While Chronically Ill

A white man sitting on a bench with a cane. He is wearing dark sunglasses and has a black cap on his head. Behind him is an urban landscape of a city in Japan

Posted August 1, 20167 Comments Guest Blog Posts

8/4: Online Vigil for the Murdered Disabled People of Sagamihara

August 2016 post-script: A Storify of the online vigil can found here: https://storify.com/SFdirewolf/sagamiharadvp-mourning-the-disabled-people-murdere#publicize Online Vigil and Chat Disabled People of Tsukui Yamayuri En Sagamihara, Japan Thursday, August 4, 2016 8 pm … Continue Reading 8/4: Online Vigil for the Murdered Disabled People of Sagamihara

Image with a black background composed of 3 photos and text in white. On the lower left-hand corner is a photo of an African American woman with short black hair. She's inside an office and sitting nearby a table with a computer. She's wearing a beige pullover and smiling at the camera. In the upper-left-hand side is a photo of a young man with one above-the-knee amputation on his left leg. He is balancing two crutches with his left arm. He is wearing denim shorts, that, glasses and a beard. Behind him is a neighborhood by the beach with a row of palm trees. On the lower-right hand side of the image is a photo of a young white woman with long reddish-blond hair. Her left arm is raised and her hand bent against her face. She is smiling and wearing a white and magenta-striped t-shirt. On the upper right-hand quadrant is white text that reads: "Celebrating Disability Culture: Interviews with #Superfest2016 Judges"

Posted August 1, 20163 Comments Guest Blog Posts

Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2016 Judges

As someone who loves film, it’s dismaying to find such an uneven range of films about disabled people. There are the treacly, Oscar-bait films that follow every inspirational trope and … Continue Reading Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2016 Judges