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An Open Letter to the Contemporary Jewish Museum

To Lori Starr, Executive Director of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, We are writing to express our dismay to learn of the blow you’ve dealt to Bay Area disability arts and … Continue Reading An Open Letter to the Contemporary Jewish Museum

Graphic with a background of overlapping triangles in bright colors with text: Available now! In the middle is an image of a book titled ‘Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century Edited by Alice Wong’ the book cover has overlapping triangles in a variety of bright colors with black text overlaying them and an off-white background. Book cover by Madeline Partner.

Posted 3 months ago DVP News and Events

Available now! Disability Visibility anthology

Hey friends! I made a thing and now it’s out in the world today. My anthology, Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century (Vintage Books, June 30, 2020), … Continue Reading Available now! Disability Visibility anthology

$Graphic with a border with various circles of refracted light in pastel yellow, green, blue, and pink. In the center, black text that reads: Disability Visibility Book Circle Kay Ulanday Barrett • Ellen Chang • torrin greathouse Porochista Khakpour • Robert Kingett Raymond Luczak • J. Albert Mann • Amber McDowell Lateef McLeod • John Poehler • H. M. PSYCHOSOCIAL Sejal Shah • Maxfield Sparrow$

Posted 3 months ago DVP News and Events

Disability Visibility Book Circle 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 difficult and inaccessible for … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Book Circle 2020

Text reads: Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century Online Book Launch. July 25th, 2020. 4-5:15 pm PT. Join us for this webinar featuring a discussion and readings by the editor Alice Wong and contributors to the book from the Bay Area. 10 lucky participants will receive a free copy! Register: https://tinyurl.com/DVBookLaunch. Webinar co-organized by the Disability visibility Project and the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability. The image is of the book cover has multicolored triangles with the book title over it. Edited by Alice Wong.

Posted June 21, 2020 DVP News and Events

7/25 Disability Visibility Online Book Event

On June 30, 2020 I have a book coming out, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century from Vintage Books. It’s an anthology I edited featuring work by … Continue Reading 7/25 Disability Visibility Online Book Event

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Posted June 10, 2020 DVP News and Events

7/26 #ADA30InColor Online Event

On January 14, 2020, the Disability Visibility Project called for submissions by disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) writers for #ADA30InColor: a series of original essays on the … Continue Reading 7/26 #ADA30InColor Online Event

Stacey Park Milbern outside smiling at the camera with gold rimmed aviator sunglasses on. Her short, undercut styled hair is swooped forward over her forehead a little to the right. A tiger tattoo curls up her bare right arm. She is wearing a grey sleeveless tee shirt with a bold black horizontal stripe and red and black plaid leggings.

Posted May 23, 2020 DVP News and Events

#StaceyTaughtUs: Record your story for the Disability Visibility Project

Stacey Park Milbern (1987-2020) recorded her oral history twice for the Disability Visibility Project, a community partnership with StoryCorps. As communities celebrate Stacey’s life and work, I invite you to … Continue Reading #StaceyTaughtUs: Record your story for the Disability Visibility Project

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

Posted April 6, 2020 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 March 24, 2020 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 February 12, 2020 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 January 26, 2020 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

Posted January 14, 2020 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

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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