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And Now Here We Are

Disabled people all over the world are disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. “And Now Here We Are” is a comic by Sam Schäfer about the experiences of disabled people in … Continue Reading And Now Here We Are

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Posted 1 week ago Uncategorized

2/28 Joint Letter to Community Vaccine Advisory Committee, CA Department of Health

Below is a joint letter written and organized by the Disability Justice League-Bay Area submitted as public comment to the Community Vaccine Advisory Committee, California Department of Public Health, on February 28, 2021. … Continue Reading 2/28 Joint Letter to Community Vaccine Advisory Committee, CA Department of Health

Screenshot from a piece from Publisher's Weekly. On the left is a photo of Alice Wong, wearing a gray sweatshirt with a tiger, she has a mask over her nose attached to a tube. She is in a wheelchair and wearing bright red lipstick. Behind her are bamboo trees. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography. On the right, text: Wong Memoir Goes to Vintage, Activist and consultant Alice Wong sold a memoir, Year of the Tiger, to Anna Kaufman at Vintage in a world English rights agreement. Vintage said the book is a “mosaic memoir” that charts the author’s life and work as an activist through an array of visual and prose forms, including photos, essays, artwork, and horoscopes. Wong, who founded the Disability Visibility Project (an online forum that aims to amplify the voices of those in the disabled community), also edited the anthology Disability Visibility, which Vintage published last year. She was represented by Julia Kardon at HG Literary. Year of the Tiger is slated for 2022.

Posted 3 weeks ago DVP News and Events

Year of the Tiger: New book in 2022!

I am delighted to share that I will be coming out with a new book next year, Year of the Tiger, published by Vintage Books. The title refers to the … Continue Reading Year of the Tiger: New book in 2022!

Graphic with a slate gray background with a red heart that looks like a 3-dimensional felt object. At the top in black: VACCINE EQUITY, in red text, WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE? Below in black text: #HighRiskCA #HighRiskCOVID19 #NoBodyIsDisposable

Posted 4 weeks ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

2021 Vaccine Valentines

On January 25, 2021, Governor Newsom announced the elimination of the Phase 1C priority group for COVID-19 vaccination in favor of an age-based approach in California. I created the hashtag … Continue Reading 2021 Vaccine Valentines

[left] A photo of Jamison Hill, a young white man with an almost clean-shaven head with expressive blue eyes. He is looking away from the camera, slightly to the right and wearing a light blue, long-sleeved button down shirt. He is smiling. [right] Light blue book cover with white text that reads, WHEN FORCE MEETS FATE. In the middle is an image of a hospital ID bracelet with text, “A mission to solve an invisible illness.” At the top, “A riveting true-life story” - AJ Baime, New York Times bestselling author of The Arsenal of Democracy. At the bottom: JAMISON HILL, Foreword by Stephanie Land, New York Times bestselling author of Maid.

Posted 1 month ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Jamison Hill

Jamison Hill is a contributor to my anthology, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century (Vintage Books) and I was delighted to interview him about his new memoir which … Continue Reading Q&A with Jamison Hill

Dr. Justin Bullock, a Black man with short hair wearing a navy suit with a white shirt and dark red tie. He is smiling at the camera.

Posted 1 month ago Podcast

Ep 95: Black Doctors with Disabilities

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_ep_95.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS In today’s episode I’m in conversation with Dr. Justin Bullock. … Continue Reading Ep 95: Black Doctors with Disabilities

Graphic with a background of faded designs made up of different icons of food, animals, and other fun cartoon elements. Text: Disability+Pleasure Activism. ‘Disability’ is in red and ‘+ Activism’ is in purple.

Posted 2 months ago DVP News and Events

1/28 Disability+Pleasure Activism event

Join us on January 28, 1 pm Pacific for a conversation with Claudia Alick, cultural producer, performer, and inclusion expert, and adrienne maree brown, author of Pleasure Activism: The Politics of … Continue Reading 1/28 Disability+Pleasure Activism event

Graphic with a taupe background with a herringbone pattern featuring a photo of Ligia Andrade Zúñiga, a woman color with a disability smiling, she has long wavy hair, is wearing a scarf, and has long dangly earrings.

Posted 2 months ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Ligia Andrade Zúñiga

All politics are local, right? All over the United States, more disabled people are running for office and winning. Here is my interview with Ligia Andrade Zúñiga about her campaign … Continue Reading Q&A with Ligia Andrade Zúñiga

[left] Andres "Jay” Molina, a Dominican man with a goatee and reading glasses perched on top of his head, sits in a wheelchair outside on a sunny day. There is grass and water in the background. He wears a light blue T-shirt and looks straight into the camera with a serious expression. Photo credit: Elias Williams [right] Alexis Neophytides, a white woman with long dark hair, sits inside in front of a window. She is wearing a long sleeved black shirt and smiles softly at the camera.

Posted 3 months ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides

Even with the COVID-19 vaccine arriving in the United States this December, millions have been infected and approximately 356,000 people have died this year according to The New York Times … Continue Reading Q&A with Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides

A short-statured woman with long brown curly hair and brown eyes stands in the middle of a white cube gallery space, smiling at the camera. She is wearing red lipstick to match the red and white scarf wrapped around her neck. On every wall of the gallery space hangs contemporary art that includes brightly-colored photographs of abstract shapes, a round wooden ring hanging from the ceiling, a black and white video installation of a sign language interpreter and a low-lying red lounge chair on a mat. The ceiling is exposed so all the beams, wiring and fan ducts are visible.

Posted November 1, 2020 Podcast

Ep 89: Museums

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Posted October 19, 2020 Podcast

Ep 88: Policy

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/88_Ep_88_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS With Election Day just two weeks away in the United … Continue Reading Ep 88: Policy

A white woman with curly brown hair is standing at a microphone, smiling. She is wearing a green dress and a simple gold necklace. Photo credit: John Livzey.

Posted September 20, 2020 Podcast

Ep 86: Transportation

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_86_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about transportation with Maddy Ruvolo. Maddy is … Continue Reading Ep 86: Transportation

A young white woman with long curly brown hair and brown eyes smiles at the camera. She stands beside a brown tree trunk and is wearing an emerald green tunic top and a white cardigan sweater.

Posted September 16, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/84_Ep_84_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Today’s episode is all about anthologies with Kelly Jensen, a … Continue Reading Ep 84: Anthologies

Slide showing a black square graphic with text in the lower half that reads: McEDIT, Custom Gene Editing. Above the text is a scissor with short lines representing stitch marks. On the upper right corner are scissors arranged diagonally

Posted August 14, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Message from the Future: Disabled Oracle Society

View this post on Instagram “Disability is a generative force. It's magic. It really teaches me to be more thoughtful and aware of myself, and my body, my body-mind … Continue Reading Message from the Future: Disabled Oracle Society