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Double woot, Bethany Stevens & CripConfessions is our 42nd media partner! Bethany Stevens is describes herself as “an uppity crip scholar-activist and sexologist. I use the word ‘crip’ in a … Continue Reading Media Partner #42: Bethany Stevens & CripConfessions
Ingrid Tischer and Ken Stein are both active members of the San Francisco Bay Area disability community. They’re also married to one another! On July 24, 2014, Ingrid and Ken … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Ingrid and Ken, Berkeley, CA
Please help us welcome the Pacific ADA Center, our 41st media partner! The purpose of the Pacific ADA Center is to build a partnership between the disability and business communities … Continue Reading Media Partner #41: Pacific ADA Center
Leroy Moore writes about race & disability issues for Poor Magazine and is the author of an upcoming history of Krip-Hop Nation. The following is an excerpt of a post … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Black Families’ Love Ones with Developmental Disabilities On Stage & In Film by Leroy Moore
Hey there, it’s the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, our 40th media partner! From their website: The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) works with communities … Continue Reading Media Partner #40: Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
The Third Glance is a personal blog by E, an autistic PhD student. The following is an excerpt of a blog she posted on July 26, 2014: Undercover Autistic: on … Continue Reading Guest blog post: On disclosing autism in the (academic) workplace by The Third Glance
This was a fun exchange posted on Stephanie Woodward‘s Facebook wall (August 2014). Thank you to Stephanie for letting us share this! Kid: That lady is in a wheelchair. Dad: … Continue Reading People We Love: Stephanie Woodward, Miami, FL
The Disability Visibility Project is so excited to have Oakland-based AXIS Dance Company as our 39th media partner! Change the way you think about dance & disability forever! From their website: … Continue Reading Media Partner #39: AXIS Dance Company
A big thank you to the Community Living Campaign of San Francisco, our 38th media partner! The Community Living Campaign strengthens and mobilizes individuals and organizations to assure every person’s … Continue Reading Media Partner #38: Community Living Campaign of San Francisco
Lucia Rios is a Community Access Specialist at Disability Network Lakeshore. The following is an excerpt of an article she wrote for the blog AbleBodies on June 25, 2014. The … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Makings of an Advocate by Lucia Rios
We LOVE Twitter here at the Disability Visibility Project. We recently came across this re-tweet by Sara Hendren that we co-sign a million times! “Movements begin with the telling … Continue Reading People We Love: Sara Hendren, Cambridge, MA
Andrew Pulrang is the writer and creator of Disability Thinking, a blog that’s about: “Thinking about disability … in news, politics and policy, advocacy, ideas and philosophy, personal stories, and … Continue Reading Media Partner #37: Andrew Pulrang of Disability Thinking
Because disability history is about the past, present and future, check out the photo posted above of people taking action. This photo captures the very real barriers that people with … Continue Reading Disability History: Access for Montreal, July 25, 2014
Nick Dupree is a blogger and artist who happens to love bunnies (we love bunnies too at the DVP). From his website: I’m Nick, a 32 year-old disability rights and … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Hey Everyone, I Almost Died … Again by Nick Dupree
Cathy Kudlick, Director of the Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University blogged about the unique contributions by the Bay Area disability community in the fight for civil … Continue Reading Disabled People’s Forgotten Revolution: The 504 Occupation
We aim to encourage a diversity of representation in the Disability Visibility Project’s stories and participants. However, we are mindful of our limitations: The project cannot reach all towns and … Continue Reading Limitations of the Disability Visibility Project: Keeping It Real