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The Mütter and More: Why We Need to be Critical of Medical Museums as Spaces for Disability Histories

The Mütter and More: Why We Need to be Critical of Medical Museums as Spaces for Disability Histories Dr Aparna Nair For a while now, I’ve been observing various public … Continue Reading The Mütter and More: Why We Need to be Critical of Medical Museums as Spaces for Disability Histories

Graphic with a red background and a photo of Tee Franklin. Tee is attending a signing event for comic artists. She is sitting in a burgundy rollator walker, laughing as she holds a copy of her comic Bingo Love, on the cover is a drawing of two mature Black women embracing each other as they kiss, in skirts featuring the colours of the Pride flag. Tee is wearing a multicolored dress in a soft fuzzy texture. The colors are red, black, yellow, and purple. Tee’s hair is styled in traditional extension braids in colours to match her dress.

Posted 2 months ago Guest Blog Posts

Disabled Creatives in Comics: Interview with Tee Franklin

Disabled Creatives in Comics: Interview with Tee Franklin Carolyn Hinds For the Disability Visibility Project, Film Critic & Journalist Carolyn Hinds spoke with comic book writer and author … Continue Reading Disabled Creatives in Comics: Interview with Tee Franklin

Graphic with a yellow background featuring a photo of Sandra Yellowhorse. Sandra is smiling at the camera. She is outside and next to a Māori (Indigenous to New Zealand) timber carving of a taniwha (water spirit, powerful leader). She has long brown hair and is wearing a black sweater and turquoise skirt with black, red, orange and yellow woven bands. She is wearing turquoise earrings, a turquoise necklace and a large beaded ring that matches her skirt.

Posted June 18, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes

Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes Sandra Yellowhorse I have been journeying through life in relation to disability for … Continue Reading Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes

Posted June 11, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness

Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness ada hubrig “The lines of united ableism and trans hatred are crystal clear. We must inform ourselves and our communities. … Continue Reading Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness

Graphic with a black background with a photo of a 40ish mixed race Sri Lankan, Irish and Galician nonbinary femme with curly brown silver and purple hair, lying on a couch looking at the viewer horizontally. They have rose gold aviator frames, thick eyebrows, red lipstick and sand colored skin, and are looking at the viewer with a kind of tired but hopefully crip wonder. They wear a blue denim vest with a pin that says Neurodivergent Universe above a pink and blue image of a ringed planet, and a black tank top with yellow lettering that read Talk To Plants, Not Cops is barely visible. They have a tattoo of the words "We begin by listening" in magenta cursive script on their left arm.

Posted May 21, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

where do we go from here? a roundtable from some disability justice organizers in this the only moment in time

where do we go from here? a roundtable from some disability justice organizers in this the only moment in time Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Something I keep thinking this … Continue Reading where do we go from here? a roundtable from some disability justice organizers in this the only moment in time

Graphic with a teal background. In the center a photo of Alana Theriault, a white woman, is sitting in a power wheelchair and smiling. She has short reddish-blonde hair that is beginning to gray. She is wearing a rust colored long sleeve shirt, a blue scarf, and gray slacks, and is holding a narrow clear ventilator tube in her hand. The background is a wooden fence. Photo Credit: DeAnna Tibbs Photography (deannatibbs.com)

Posted April 16, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

If It Ain’t Broke

If It Ain’t Broke Alana Theriault Morning is not my favorite time for sex. I’m snuggled down and groggy under my electric blanket tucked perfectly over my right … Continue Reading If It Ain’t Broke

Color photograph of Beatrice Adler-Bolton, simple portrait photo of a pale, freckled white woman with natural red to dyed orange long wavy hair, wearing round gold rimmed glasses and a black t-shirt in front of a white background.

Posted April 9, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

“Mask off at the door” policies undermine our rights as disabled people

“Mask off at the door” policies undermine our rights as disabled people Beatrice Adler-Bolton In early March, as the third anniversary of Covid-19 passed unnoticed by many, comments … Continue Reading “Mask off at the door” policies undermine our rights as disabled people

Rasheera Dopson, MPH, a Black woman with medium-dark brown hair. She is wearing a sleeveless blue and white checkered top, with a silver necklace, wearing red lipstick and smiling.

Posted January 10, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Black Women Leaders and Disability Justice

Black Women Leaders and Disability Justice Rasheera Dopson, MPH In most traditional images and coverage of political leadership, Black women are not the faces that come to mind. Leadership … Continue Reading Black Women Leaders and Disability Justice

Many, many workers with picket signs reading "UAW: On Strike: Unfair Labor Practice". They are crowded together outdoors and in the sea of faces there appears to be only one worker wearing a surgical mask. Photo by: Ian Castro. 2022. Provided on FairUC Now Website for Press Use

Posted January 7, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Shoved From the Ivory Tower

Shoved From the Ivory Tower: Disabled Graduate Students Crushed Between the University of California & Their Union Heather Ringo and Julia Métraux On November 29th, 2022, over 200 … Continue Reading Shoved From the Ivory Tower

Graphic with a red background with a photo in the center of Sandy Ho in 5th or 6th grade. She has dark curly hair, is wearing a white sweater, and a blue and white flower collar. She is smiling at the camera.

Posted August 21, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Release the Red Panda

Release the Red Panda Sandy Ho Note: spoilers for the Pixar film Turning Red “Hi – Dr. Shapiro, it’s Sandy. I’m calling because my parents want me … Continue Reading Release the Red Panda

Graphic with a lavender background showing a photo of Emet’s funeral program. On the cover is a picture of Emet wearing a white and gray polka dotted collared button up shirt, with a gray bow tie. He has curly turquoise hair. He has a mustache and a nose piercing and is sitting in a power chair, smiling. Below it says Rabbi Emet Faye Tauber, August 30, 1994-March 25, 2019. In the background there are zebra stripes, rainbow pride flags, and trans pride flags.

Posted August 14, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle

Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle A different world is possible Noah Strauss There was always a journalist, Joshua Bright, in the room with us in those dying days, in … Continue Reading Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle

A young, white disabled woman with long dark hair, standing outside and looking off to the side, wearing light blue sunglasses and a white t-shirt with a small black walking stick design and a black sleeveless jumpsuit over the shirt.

Posted July 24, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Taking the Edge Off: Navigating an Ableist Pandemic Through Mixology

Taking the Edge Off: Navigating an Ableist Pandemic Through Mixology Mary Frances Layden Sometimes a cocktail just takes the edge off. During lockdown, in the early days of … Continue Reading Taking the Edge Off: Navigating an Ableist Pandemic Through Mixology

Graphic with a red background with a photo of Noah, a white trans masc non-binary person with short brown hair, smiles at the camera while holding a milkshake. They are wearing a short sleeved green shirt with red, orange, and pink flower pattern on it.

Posted July 17, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

On Madness

On Madness Noah Strauss Content notes: institutionalization, generational trauma The deep is always close by, in our peripheral vision. Mind the corners. To know what you’re experiencing … Continue Reading On Madness

Graphic with a teal background featuring a photo of Ingrid, a middle-aged White woman with a long gray/brown ponytail who is wearing a bright blue dress and a colorful cloth face-mask. She's sitting in her wheelchair outdoors, next to a fuschia orchid. Photo credit: Christopher Egusa.

Posted May 24, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Why I Won’t Be Organizing Any In-Person Fundraising Events For the Foreseeable Future

Why I Won’t Be Organizing Any In-Person Fundraising Events For the Foreseeable Future Ingrid Tischer Reasons, I’ve got a few. But this still-current guidance from the CDC … Continue Reading Why I Won’t Be Organizing Any In-Person Fundraising Events For the Foreseeable Future

A double exposure photograph, wherein two images are faded onto one another in a single image, of Jane sitting at her desk on a black office chair. Jane is a light skin East Asian person, with her eyes closed, wearing brown and black glasses and short black hair that slightly flares at the end with rounded bangs like a bowl. In one exposure Jane’s face is larger and closer to the camera; there are lights directly behind her. In the other, she is sitting on a black office chair and holding a sliced open half of a pomegranate. Behind her is a round, moon-like light. The desk behind her is a medium orange-brown and contains a head shelf, with books ordered in red, black, white, and the rest of the rainbow ordered on the top of the table. There’s a small brown monkey plushie near the left end of the desk. There’s a black and white ink illustration above the orange to blue books on top of the desk where there’s an open space.

Posted May 21, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

What Will Never Be Again

What Will Never Be Again Jane Shi Content notes: suicide, genocide, deaths in long-term care, serophobia, medical abuse, labour exploitation, overdose deaths Dionne Brand’s piercing article “On … Continue Reading What Will Never Be Again

Graphic with a yellow background showing a photo of a Black female with dark brown complexion, close cropped black hair, wearing a wide smile, and white sweater, in front of a teal colored wall.

Posted May 17, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

My MS and Me

My MS and Me Carolyn Hinds I’m not sure where or how I should start this essay. As I sit in bed with my laptop resting on the … Continue Reading My MS and Me