CategoryDVP Blog Posts and Essays

Posted August 9, 2025 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

In Remembrance of Patty Berne, January 21, 1967 – May 29, 2025

A friend sent me this photo of my comrade Patty Berne. I looked so different then without the tracheostomy and ventilator. In my memory Patty looks the same, just … Continue Reading In Remembrance of Patty Berne, January 21, 1967 – May 29, 2025

Une illustration sur fond bleu clair qui présente des morceaux de pastèque coupés en formes triangulaires et des graines de pastèque. Au centre sur un carré blanc, le texte « Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza » est inscrit. Graphic with a border around it that has slices of watermelons. In the center is French text, "Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza"

Posted February 11, 2025 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza

Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza Traduit de l’anglais par D. M. Bradford et Nikki Walker Faites un don ici : https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza 中文 Simplified and Traditional … Continue Reading Les personnes handicapées en appui des eSims pour Gaza

Graphic with a beige background. On the left and right are multicolored snakes with different patterns along their bodies. On the top and bottom are cloud shapes in magenta. Text in the center reads, "Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: A Lunar New Year Update"

Posted January 29, 2025 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: A Lunar New Year Update

Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: A Lunar New Year Update Year of the Snake Means Transformation After 470 days and 76 years of genocide, Gaza finally has a … Continue Reading Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: A Lunar New Year Update

Graphic with a pink background. In the center is a photo of Alice Wong, Asian American woman in a wheelchair with a tracheostomy at her neck connected to a ventilator. She’s wearing a pink plaid shirt, pink pants, and a magenta lip color. She is smiling and behind her are a bunch of large fern-like plants. Photo credit: Allison Busch Photography.

Posted December 27, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Year In Review: 2024

Hi everyone, In July 10 years ago I founded the Disability Visibility Project. I still have trouble believing all that I’ve done and how much has changed. I was happy … Continue Reading Year In Review: 2024

Graphic with a purple background. In the center is a photo of an Asian American woman in a wheelchair with a tracheostomy at her neck that has a tube connected to her ventilator. Her head is tilted to the left side, she is smiling, and she is wearing a magenta lip color. Her shirt is plaid with pale pink and other pastel colors and she is wearing pink pants. Behind her is a lot of greenery from bushes and trees at a park. Photo by @allisonbusch_photography

Posted October 2, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Statement of Solidarity by Alice Wong: 2024 MacArthur Fellows Program

Hard to believe but I am a 2024 MacArthur Fellow! This has been a year with lots of highs and lows so receiving this was a surprise and it … Continue Reading Statement of Solidarity by Alice Wong: 2024 MacArthur Fellows Program

Posted June 30, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Palestine X Disability Justice Syllabus

One of my goals an editor, writer, and activist is to speak out about the genocide carried out by the Israeli Defense Forces against the people of Gaza. I remember … Continue Reading Palestine X Disability Justice Syllabus

Posted June 6, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Healing Is Not Linear

Healing Is Not Linear It’s hard to believe but exactly two years ago on June 6, 2022, I had a series of medical crises that led to several weeks … Continue Reading Healing Is Not Linear

Posted April 16, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Keep Masks in Health Care

I gave a short speech on April 16, 2024 in front of the San Francisco Department of Public at a protest organized by Senior and Disability Action. We called … Continue Reading Keep Masks in Health Care

Ilustración con un fondo azul cielo y pedazos de sandía en forma triangular y con semillas de sandía. En el centro con un fondo cuadrado blanco un texto dice Crips por eSims para Gaza.

Posted February 15, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Crips por eSims para Gaza

Crips* por eSims para Gaza * “Crips” viene de la palabra “cripple” y es un término que ha sido reclamado para gente discapacitada que sería el equivalente de minusvalido … Continue Reading Crips por eSims para Gaza

Posted February 5, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

为加沙购买电子SIM卡的援助项目。简体和繁体字版

为加沙购买电子SIM卡的援助项目。简体和繁体字版 ”Crips for eSims for Gaza”是Jane Shi、Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha和Alice Wong(王美华)为加沙购买电子SIM卡的援助项目全球的身心障碍人士正在竭力募集资金，将尽可能多的电子SIM卡送到巴勒斯坦的加沙地带。以色列施加于巴勒斯坦人的种族灭绝目前已持续了超过75年116天。以色列占领军在加沙不断制造持续多日的通讯中断，而这也是他们造成种族灭绝的手法之一。eSim，也就是可以通过电子邮件截图方式发送的电子SIM卡，是加沙的巴勒斯坦人连接互联网，并与彼此以及世界其他地方通信的唯一可靠方式。迄今为止，我们的项目已经筹集了100,000美元，发送了超过1800个eSim，并有超过500个eSim正在使用中。我们希望能继续发送更多的电子Sim卡，以便加沙的人们可以持续保持通讯。所有收到的捐款都将用于购买与充值电子SIM卡。请在看见身心障碍人士查看募捐的详细信息。点击查看我们的资金使用报告。“我们想将钱和资源直接送到加沙的巴勒斯坦人民手中，然而，像大家知道的那样，封锁使得现金和资源几乎无法进入加沙。一种可行的方式就是为人们提供eSim。” 如您身在加拿大：可e-transfer 至cripsforesimsforgaza@gmail.com，密码YearoftheRabbit2023。身为来自世界各地的身心障碍人士，身为散居各地的残障亚洲酷儿，我们为巴勒斯坦人在过去的80天中遭遇的种族灭绝感到深切的悲痛，也同时在竭尽全力寻找能够支援他们的办法。我们希望能将捐款和物资直接送到加沙地区的巴勒斯坦人民手中，但是由于军事国境封锁，几乎没有任何的捐款或物资能够成功进入加沙。目前最可行的援助方式，就是替巴勒斯坦人民购买电子SIM卡。以色列占领军一直不停地攻击加沙的无线网络和移动通讯网络，导致加沙人民无法获取信息，也无法告诉外界加沙遇到的轰炸以及其他真实情况。在生死未卜的情况下，当地人民无法告知亲朋好友自己的人身安全状况。以色列占领军数次把无线网络和移动通讯网络全部切断了；在任何媒体的报道下，他们可以肆无忌惮的做出谋杀，损害和残暴行为，这令人不寒而栗。目前，我们只能通过加沙的年轻民间记者的社交媒体账号了解最准确及时的当地消息。 2023年十月二十九日，埃及作家和组织者Mirna El Helbawi为了把电子SIM卡送到加沙人民的手中，组织了#ConnectingGaza （#连线加沙）活动，并列出了最迫切需要的电子SIM卡类型。几周后，诗人和组织者Jane Shi受到了朋友Divya Kaur（建议卖画筹款买电子SIM卡）和朋友及Masks4EastVan 的合作伙伴 Vivian Ly（转发Mirna的买卡说明）的启发，将手中剩余的“免疫力需加强者值得保护”贴纸卖掉，筹款购买电子SIM卡以及捐款给Palestinian … Continue Reading 为加沙购买电子SIM卡的援助项目。简体和繁体字版

A picture of me, an Asian American disabled woman in a wheelchair, a tracheostomy is in my throat connected to a ventilator tube. I am in the emergency room at UCSF Moffitt/Long hospital. I am swaddled in blankets, my eyes are closed, and I am trying to sleep as I am waiting for test results and a bed in the intensive care unit. Behind me is a computer monitor with a bright glow. On a table in front of me is a wheelchair battery charger.

Posted January 25, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

#N95s4UCSF: Call to Action

#N95s4UCSF: Call to Action I’m alive, bitches! My recent column in Teen Vogue about the surge and its impact on me as a high risk disabled person became … Continue Reading #N95s4UCSF: Call to Action

Horizontal view of a COVID test with two lines indicating it is positive.

Posted January 2, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Disabled Outrage and #PodSaveJon

Disabled Outrage and #PodSaveJon Alice Wong This summer marks my tenth year on the hellsite known as Twitter. I honed my voice as a writer, found community, and carved … Continue Reading Disabled Outrage and #PodSaveJon

Illustration with a light blue background featuring pieces of watermelon cut into triangular shapes and watermelon seeds.In the center against a white square background text reads, Crips for eSims for Gaza.

Posted December 25, 2023 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Crips for eSims for Gaza

Donate here: https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza 中文 Simplified and Traditional Chinese version En Español 한국어 En français FYI: Plain language version of “Crips for eSims for Gaza: A Donation Guide” by Noemí … Continue Reading Crips for eSims for Gaza

A graphic with a red background and in the center is a photo of an Asian American disabled woman in a wheelchair with a tracheostomy attached to a ventilator. Behind her is a building FREE PALESTINE written in red paint

Posted December 2, 2023 DVP Blog Posts and Essays