CategoryDVP News and Events

$Graphic with a border with various circles of refracted light in pastel yellow, green, blue, and pink. In the center black text: Disability Visibility Book Circle, Funds for Video Conference Book Events by Disabled Writers. Deadline: May 1, 2020, DisabilityVisibilityProject.com. On the lower right corner is a QR code$

Posted 4 days ago DVP News and Events

Disability Visibility Book Circle: Call for Submissions

Deadline: May 1, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has changed everyone’s lives. It is a privilege to have a book published and yet the pressure to promote can be incredibly … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Book Circle: Call for Submissions

A poster for CRIP CAMP. Image is a vintage color snapshot. A person who appears to be a young white male is sitting in a manual wheelchair. A person who appears to be a black male is standing behind the wheelchair user. His left hand is holding onto the wheelchair handle. His right hand is holding a guitar slung over his shoulder. In the background are low slung bunks and buildings. Text on the poster reads (from top left to bottom right): From Executive Producers President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. A Netflix original documentary. CRIP CAMP: A Disability Revolution. An award laurel reads: Winner Audience Award U. S. Documentary Sundance film festival 2020. On Netflix March 25.

Posted 2 weeks ago DVP News and Events

4/1 #CripCampNetflix Twitter Chat

Let’s talk about the power of disability activism, culture, and community! The Disability Visibility Project invites you to a Twitter chat about the documentary film Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution … Continue Reading 4/1 #CripCampNetflix Twitter Chat

Posted 2 months ago DVP News and Events

Mission Viejo Library Access and Inclusion Survey

Update: Survey extended until March 31, 2020! The Mission Viejo Library wants to know how they can better serve people with disabilities in the community. The library will be spending … Continue Reading Mission Viejo Library Access and Inclusion Survey

Posted 2 months ago DVP News and Events

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

Graphic with a white background and at the top is a row of colorful paint in rainbow colors dripping down. Text in black at the bottom reads #ADA30InColor

Posted 3 months ago DVP News and Events

#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

Digital art of 6 people of different ages, races and disabilities, service dog. Text: How an Accurate Census Count Benefits Disabled People. Join us February 5, 2020 at 3PM. A #DOnetwork Twitter Chat. Logos: Disability Organizing Network, DREDF, California Census, and Disability Visibility, Twitter bird.

Posted January 11, 2020 DVP News and Events

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

Photo on the of an Asian American disabled woman in a wheelchair in front of a pool of water with tropical water plants in the background lit with purple & magenta lights inside a greenhouse. She is wearing a puffy gray jacket and a mask over her nose attached to a tube.

Posted December 30, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

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

Posted June 24, 2019 Advice Column

Disability Visibility: A Healthline.com Column

Hey there! I’m super excited to announce that I’ll be a monthly columnist for Healthline.com. Got a question about being disabled or specific issues such as healthcare advocacy, personal assistance … Continue Reading Disability Visibility: A Healthline.com Column

Rows of books on a bookshelf at a library

Posted May 23, 2019 DVP News and Events

Disability Visibility: New anthology coming summer 2020

Hey friends! These last few months have been BUSY. I’m delighted to announce that I got a book deal! I am the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the … Continue Reading Disability Visibility: New anthology coming summer 2020

Graphic with a white background with text: “#DisabilityCivics Twitter Chat, Civic Participation & the Disability Community, May 22, 2019, 4 pm Pacific/ 5 pm Mountain/ 6 pm Central/ 7 pm Eastern, Co-hosts: @LurieInstitute @IntersectedCrip @DisVisibility” On the left is a black Twitter bird and on the right is a computer screen with two caption bubbles coming out.

Posted May 1, 2019 DVP News and Events

5/22 #DisabilityCivics Twitter Chat

You are invited to participate in the #DisabilityCivics Twitter chat co-hosted by Sandy Ho of the Lurie Institute and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project on May 22, 2019, … Continue Reading 5/22 #DisabilityCivics Twitter Chat

Graphic with text in the upper left corner that reads “Disability Organizing Network Twitter Chat with the Disability Visibility Project®, Disability Advocacy & Our Public Officials, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 3 pm Pacific” below are the logos for Disability Action Coalition, “Gear up for Disability & Aging Capitol Action Day!” and DO Network, “For more: DOnetwork.org” On the right is an illustration of a capitol building with a dome and two Twitter bird icons in green and blue with speech bubbles that read #DOnetwork

Posted April 29, 2019 DVP News and Events

5/7 #DOnetwork Twitter Chat: Disability Advocacy & Our Public Officials

In partnership, the Disability Organizing (DO) Network, Disability Action Coalition, and the Disability Visibility Project® will host a Twitter chat on disability advocacy with public officials on Tuesday, May 7, … Continue Reading 5/7 #DOnetwork Twitter Chat: Disability Advocacy & Our Public Officials