MonthSeptember 2021

A white woman, Emily, with blonde, shoulder-length hair sits in a black wheelchair. She is short of stature. She is wearing a pink short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans with brown wedge heels. The ground is partially cement, partially wood. There is a brick wall behind her.

Posted September 28, 2021 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Emily Voorde

Disabled people belong everywhere and it was exciting to several disabled people appointed to key positions in the Biden administration. Below is an interview with Emily Voorde, a person I … Continue Reading Q&A with Emily Voorde

Graphic with a soft pink background featuring a photo of Brianne, a white woman in her mid-30s wearing black framed glasses and dark brown hair in a messy bun, smiles at the camera. She’s wearing a grey tank top, holding the pink epoxy handle of her blonde wood cane up beside her face and sitting in front of a blurred off-white decorative screen. The photo has been cropped close around Brianne’s face, shoulders and cane handle.

Posted September 7, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

High-Risk Vaccine Hesitancy

High-Risk Vaccine Hesitancy Brianne Benness At this time last year, I didn’t know what to do about the flu vaccine. We were already in the thick of the pandemic: grieving … Continue Reading High-Risk Vaccine Hesitancy

This is a graphic illustration by Haley Brown with a bright cobalt blue background. There are black lungs filled with dark gray puffy clouds. In the left lung is a yellow canary bird with a red eye in a mid-flight attack pose. In the right lung there is a red circle. Around the lungs there is clear white tubing that is entwined. Above this graphic the white text reads: #SuckYouPhilips

Posted September 1, 2021 DVP News and Events

Letter from Disabled Ventilator Users on Philips Respironics Recall

Below is an open letter from a number of disabled people in the US impacted by a recall of 13 ventilators, CPAPs and BiPaps manufactured by Philips Respironics including signatures … Continue Reading Letter from Disabled Ventilator Users on Philips Respironics Recall