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A middle-aged white man wearing eye glasses. He is sitting in a manual chair outdoors on a gray snowy day. He has on a winter jacket with a furry hood. His hands are stuffed in his pockets. The background is an urban setting with buildings, trees and sidewalks.

Posted September 28, 2016 Guest Blog Posts

Political Participation of Disabled Canadians: Disability Matters Vote 2016

Political Participation of Disabled Canadians: Disability Matters Vote 2016 Interview with Allen Mankewich On Twitter I found out about an amazing nonpartisan campaign mobilizing voters with disabilities in Manitoba, Canada … Continue Reading Political Participation of Disabled Canadians: Disability Matters Vote 2016

Posted September 24, 20161 Comment Guest Blog Posts

9/25 DVP Event: Conversation with Deaf and Disabled Artists

Below is the program for an event co-organized by the Disability Visibility Project™ that will take place on September 25, 2016 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California. Deaf/Disabled … Continue Reading 9/25 DVP Event: Conversation with Deaf and Disabled Artists

Image of a young white woman with blonde hair combed to the right side of her face, the left side of her hair is shaved off. Behind her are photos and poster typical of any college dorm room or bedroom. Her eyes are squinting and her lips are pursed as her right hand is making a "rock on" pose with her middle and ring finger downward while the others are standing up. On the left hand she is holding a white index card that reads, #CripTheVote.

Posted September 19, 20165 Comments Guest Blog Posts

Ableism in Journalism: How the Coverage of Jerika Bolen’s Story Negatively Affects All Readers

Ableism in Journalism: How the Coverage of Jerika Bolen’s Story Negatively Affects All Readers Guest Blog post by Hannah Soyer This fall I’ll be a senior with at the University … Continue Reading Ableism in Journalism: How the Coverage of Jerika Bolen’s Story Negatively Affects All Readers

Posted September 18, 20162 Comments Guest Blog Posts

9/27 #CripTheVote chat: Storytelling and Voting

#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Storytelling and Voting Tuesday, September 27, 2016 5 pm Eastern Guest host: Rooted in Rights Hosted by Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, #CripTheVote Twitter … Continue Reading 9/27 #CripTheVote chat: Storytelling and Voting

Posted September 6, 20162 Comments Guest Blog Posts

9/12 Twitter Chat: Assisted Suicide, Bioethics, and Disabled Lives

Disability Visibility Project™ Twitter Chat Assisted Suicide, Bioethics, and Disabled Lives Guest Host: Ing Wong-Ward, Co-Collaborator, Project Value Monday, September 12, 2016 4 pm Eastern (U.S.) The Disability Visibility Project … Continue Reading 9/12 Twitter Chat: Assisted Suicide, Bioethics, and Disabled Lives

Young white man with short sandy brown hair. He is wearing glasses and a blue button-down shirt. Over his shirt, he has a brown leather jacket. To the right of the image, a face of a white woman with blonde hair is partially cut off from the photo.

Posted August 28, 2016 Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post: Collecting the Scraps

‘Collecting the Scraps’: Intellectual Disability & Irish History By David Kilgannon I never intended to become involved in the creation of a history of the experience of people with intellectual … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Collecting the Scraps

Posted August 25, 20163 Comments Guest Blog Posts

#CripTheVote: Call to Action

The Problem Thousands of people with disabilities in California living under conservatorship may not realize they are disqualified from voting AND that their voting rights can be restored thanks to … Continue Reading #CripTheVote: Call to Action

Posted August 23, 2016 Guest Blog Posts

9/1: #CripTrek Twitter Chat

Hey disabled Star Trek fans – let’s let CBS know we’re here and we want disability representation in their new series, Star Trek: Discovery! Using two hashtags, #StarTrekDiscovery and #CripTrek, share an idea, picture, video, audio … Continue Reading 9/1: #CripTrek Twitter Chat

White woman standing and leaning against a stone wall lined against city street. She has short cropped brown hair and is wearing a short-sleeved black shirt and blue denim jeans. Next to her is a manual chair with black cushion and back.

Posted August 21, 20161 Comment Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post: Leg Envy/Arm Prejudice

Leg Envy/Arm Prejudice By Heidi Johnson-Wright All body parts are not created equal. This is often the opinion of non-gimps, especially when they take a break from their normal lives … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Leg Envy/Arm Prejudice

Graphic with a white background. In text in rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue purple), it reads: #CripTheVote. On the right side is the graphic of a voting box with a marked ballot and the box has 4 quadrants with pictures of a wheelchair, 2 hands signing, a person using a cane and image of a person's brain

Posted August 17, 20161 Comment Guest Blog Posts

#CripTheVote Events Sept-Nov 2016

It’s hard to believe there are approximately 80 days until Election Day 2016! The co-partners of #CripTheVote, Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang, and Alice Wong have been busy organizing and planning … Continue Reading #CripTheVote Events Sept-Nov 2016

Black woman taking a selfie from her hospital bed. She has a blanket wrapped around her up to her neck and behind her are various medical devices and equipment on the wall. She is puckering her lips and looking right at the camera.

Posted August 9, 201610 Comments Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post: Being Black Looking Good While Chronically Ill

#DisabilityTooWhite Being Black Looking Good While Chronically Ill By Rachel Lovejoy Quit my job in Chicago, my hometown and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was a single, African American woman … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Being Black Looking Good While Chronically Ill

A white man sitting on a bench with a cane. He is wearing dark sunglasses and has a black cap on his head. Behind him is an urban landscape of a city in Japan

Posted August 1, 20167 Comments Guest Blog Posts

8/4: Online Vigil for the Murdered Disabled People of Sagamihara

August 2016 post-script: A Storify of the online vigil can found here: https://storify.com/SFdirewolf/sagamiharadvp-mourning-the-disabled-people-murdere#publicize Online Vigil and Chat Disabled People of Tsukui Yamayuri En Sagamihara, Japan Thursday, August 4, 2016 8 pm … Continue Reading 8/4: Online Vigil for the Murdered Disabled People of Sagamihara

Image with a black background composed of 3 photos and text in white. On the lower left-hand corner is a photo of an African American woman with short black hair. She's inside an office and sitting nearby a table with a computer. She's wearing a beige pullover and smiling at the camera. In the upper-left-hand side is a photo of a young man with one above-the-knee amputation on his left leg. He is balancing two crutches with his left arm. He is wearing denim shorts, that, glasses and a beard. Behind him is a neighborhood by the beach with a row of palm trees. On the lower-right hand side of the image is a photo of a young white woman with long reddish-blond hair. Her left arm is raised and her hand bent against her face. She is smiling and wearing a white and magenta-striped t-shirt. On the upper right-hand quadrant is white text that reads: "Celebrating Disability Culture: Interviews with #Superfest2016 Judges"

Posted August 1, 20163 Comments Guest Blog Posts

Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2016 Judges

As someone who loves film, it’s dismaying to find such an uneven range of films about disabled people. There are the treacly, Oscar-bait films that follow every inspirational trope and … Continue Reading Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2016 Judges

Posted July 27, 20169 Comments Guest Blog Posts

#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Disability, Violence & Public Policy Sunday, July 24, 2016 5:00-6:00 pm EST Hosted by Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, #CripTheVote Twitter chats explored various policy … Continue Reading 7/24 #CripTheVote Twitter Chat: Disability, Violence & Public Policy