MonthJanuary 2017

Posted January 30, 2017 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Madelyn Covey and Nick Pagan

Madelyn Covey interviewed Nick Pagan for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on September 2, 2014. In this clip, Nick talks about being an artist with developmental disabilities … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Madelyn Covey and Nick Pagan

Graphic created and uploaded with the recording to the StoryCorps app on January 23, 2017 featuring Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang and Alice Wong. A bright yellow background with three images in a row in the center. On the left: a photo of a young white man with short dark brown hair and beard. He is wearing a black shirt and smiling at the camera. In the middle: graphic of a white man with brown hair and eyeglasses. He has a dark red sweater on and a tracheostomy in the center of his neck marked by a white oval with a hole. The background is dark purple-blue with splotches of light purple throughout. On the right: an Asian American woman in a wheelchair wearing a black jacket and black scarf. She is wearing a mask around her nose with along gray tube. Behind her is a brick wall with colorful street art.

Posted January 23, 20171 Comment DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang & Alice Wong

The three co-partners of #CripTheVote, Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang, and Alice Wong, recorded their oral history for the Disability Visibility Project™ on August 23, 2016 and uploaded it to the StoryCorps … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang & Alice Wong

Posted January 16, 2017 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Jennifer Justice and John Burke

John Burke interviewed Jennifer Justice at StoryCorps for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 28, 2014. In this clip, Jennifer Justice talks about living with disabilities, … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Jennifer Justice and John Burke

The words Structured Negotiation are printed in large white text on a vibrant red band (color contrast checked for readability). The subtitle appears below in black text, with my name under that. The background of the cover is made up of three dimensional and shaded white and gray hexagons. A hexagon is a six-sided shape. There is text on two of the hexagons on the bottom left corner. One hexagon says ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. The other says ABA Commission on Disability Rights.

Posted January 16, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Interview with Lainey Feingold: Technology, Access, & Structured Negotiation

I’m always interested in the latest books on disability, technology, and accessibility. Longtime friend of the DVP and Bay Area disability rights lawyer Lainey Feingold recently authored Structured Negotiation, a Winning … Continue Reading Interview with Lainey Feingold: Technology, Access, & Structured Negotiation

This image is the cover of my book. It features a self-portrait painting I did of myself on my wedding day. I wear a white wedding hat with a pin flower on it, and my face is covered below the nose by a bouquet of red and dark pink flowers. My eyes are emphasized in size and by long, black eyelashes. My name, Ann Millett-Gallant, is printed in black font at the top of the image, and the title of the book, Re-Membering: Putting Mind and Body Back Together Following Traumatic Brain Injury, is printed in white font at the bottom of it.

Posted January 15, 2017 Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post By Ann Millett-Gallant: Lost. And Found?

Lost. And Found? Ann Millett-Gallant For much of 2007, my existence may best be characterized as lost. I had lost weight, hair, part of my skull, much muscular movement and … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post By Ann Millett-Gallant: Lost. And Found?

Posted January 10, 20173 Comments DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech: Reactions from Disabled People

The "disabled reporter" has a name. It's Serge Kovaleski. He's not a political prop or punchline, he's a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. — DEREK DELGAUDIO (@derek_del) January 9, 2017 Meryl … Continue Reading Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech: Reactions from Disabled People

Image description: A photo featuring Eli Gelardin and Christina Mills taken on January 3, 2015. A close-up portrait of a person on the left who appears to be a white man with short brown hair and a beard. He is smiling and wearing a black vest and long-sleeved shirt. To his right is a person who appears to be a white woman with long wavy brown hair that has a barrette on the left side of her hair. She is smiling at the camera and bundled with a white knit scarf around her neck and a rose-colored sweater.

Posted January 7, 2017 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin

Christina Mills and her husband Eli Gelardin recorded their oral history for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps in San Francisco on January 3, 2015. They talked about the challenges … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin

Posted January 6, 20173 Comments DVP News and Events

1/15: #CripLit Chat – Editor Roundtable

#CripLit Twitter Chat: Editor Roundtable Sunday, January 15, 2017, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern Co-Hosts: Nicola Griffith @Nicolaz and Alice Wong @DisVisibility Guests: Editors and staff from Autonomous Press, Barking Sycamores, Breath … Continue Reading 1/15: #CripLit Chat – Editor Roundtable

Aqua blue graphic with black text centered that reads: #FilmDis Twitter Chat “Split” & Mental Health Saturday, January 14, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern Co-Hosts: Dominick Evans @dominickevans and Alice Wong @DisVisibility

Posted January 5, 20174 Comments DVP News and Events

1/14: #FilmDis & DVP Twitter chat on “Split” & Mental Health

#FilmDis Twitter Chat “Split” & Mental Health Saturday, January 14, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern Co-Hosts: Dominick Evans @dominickevans and Alice Wong @DisVisibility The Disability Visibility Project™ is proud … Continue Reading 1/14: #FilmDis & DVP Twitter chat on “Split” & Mental Health

Illustration from a Lucasfilm Ltd ILMxLAB virtual reality experience, "Trials on Tatooine." The image shows in the character R2-D2 from the Star Wars universe in the lower-right side of the image in the foreground. R2-D2 is a droid with white and blue markings including a camera and several other tools and sensors on the upper part of its body. In the background is the Tatooine, a fictional desert planet from the Star Wars universe. The background shows several rocky formations, a pale sky with scattered clouds and two suns low to the horizon.

Posted January 3, 20173 Comments DVP News and Events

Online Survey: People with Disabilities & VR Accessibility

Are you a person with a disability who uses virtual reality? In partnership with Lucasfilm ILMxLAB, the Disability Visibility Project™ is conducting an online survey for people with disabilities … Continue Reading Online Survey: People with Disabilities & VR Accessibility

A photo featuring Maia Scott, Ron Jones, and Maia's guide dog was taken on August 14, 2014: close up portrait of a guide dog, a woman and man all sitting next to each other looking at the camera. The guide dog on the far left is a golden retriever with its nose and face pointed at the camera. The woman in the middle appears to be white and has long brown hair. The man on the right appears to be white, is bald, wearing glasses, dressed in a black shirt, and smiling at the camera.

Posted January 2, 2017 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Maia Scott and Ron Jones

Ron Jones interviewed Maia Scott at StoryCorps for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps in San Francisco on August 14, 2014. Here is one audio clip with text transcripts from … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Maia Scott and Ron Jones

Graphic with an aqua blue background. On the left-half of the page is a yellow icon in the shape of a calendar. On the right in black text are the words: DVP 2016: Year in Review

Posted January 1, 20173 Comments DVP Blog Posts and Essays

2016: DVP Year in Review

2016 was an amazing year and here are some highlights from the Disability Visibility Project™. The Latest -In November I started the process of editing and preparing blog posts featuring short … Continue Reading 2016: DVP Year in Review