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A picture of two Femmes/Women with almond brown skin and black hair, one with glasses and a ponytail, the other with a short cropped hairstyle. Each of them is wearing a black T-shirt with a colourful slogan saying “Nah, I’m good love. Enjoy.” In the background, the same T-shirts hang behind them on a cream wall, next to a poster with West African adinkra symbols.

Ep 62: Black Disabled Women in Media

[Left] Photo of Srin Madipalli, a South Asian man with short black hair and a black beard. He is sitting in a power chair wearing an olive green hoodie. He is smiling at the camera. [Right] Image of a lightskinned Indigenous and white queer with short black hair, black-rimmed glasses, a button-up black polo, and a black pleather jacket leaning against a green wall and looking away from the camera. Image by Neha Gautam Photography.

Posted 1 month ago Podcast

Ep 60: Travel

Nina G, a young white Italian American woman with long brown hair and a short-sleeved red dress smiling and holding a microphone.

Posted 2 months ago Uncategorized

Ep 57: Disabled Writers

Picture is of Frances sitting in her wheelchair; smiling, wearing a black top and her blonde hair down.

Posted 3 months ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Austerity & Disabled People in the UK: Q&A with Frances Ryan

Tell me a little about yourself! Frances: I’m a journalist and wheelchair user based in Nottingham, England. I write a weekly column for the U.K. Guardian, typically about disability, poverty, … Continue Reading Austerity & Disabled People in the UK: Q&A with Frances Ryan

Posted April 21, 2019 Podcast

Ep 49: Young Adult Literature

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/49_Ep_49_FINAL_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSDiverse representation in literature is incredibly important for young … Continue Reading Ep 49: Young Adult Literature

Posted April 8, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

2019 tenBroek Disability Law Symposium: Interview with Victoria Rodríguez-Roldán

Below is an interview with Victoria Rodríguez-Roldán regarding a recent open letter by a group of lawyers, law students, and advocates to the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Steering Committee. … Continue Reading 2019 tenBroek Disability Law Symposium: Interview with Victoria Rodríguez-Roldán

Leah looks at the camera in a garden in South Seattle in August. She has long curly brown, silver and green hair, dark magenta lipstick and light brown skin, and is grinning in front of a garden wall covered in blooming jasmine. Photo credit: Jesse Manuel Graves

Posted April 7, 2019 Podcast

Ep 48: Care Work

Posted March 24, 2019 Podcast

Ep 47: Design with Liz Jackson

White graphic with a photo on the left of 3 disabled Asian Americans, Mia Mingus, Alice Wong and Sandy Ho (from left to right). Mia is wearing glasses and large hoop earrings. Alice is wearing a brightly colored scarf and an army-camouflage-print jacket. She is wearing a mask over her nose with a tube for her Bi-Pap machine. Sandy has wavy short hair and is wearing a black sweater. Behind them is a concrete wall with a door. On the right, text that reads “ACCESS IS LOVE” with “O” as a red heart, “Twitter Chat, March 26, 2019, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern, Co-hosts: @IntersectedCrip @MiaMingus @DisVisibility, Guest host: @houseofgg1 #AccessIsLove”

Posted March 13, 2019 DVP News and Events

3/26 #AccessIsLove Twitter Chat

Join Mia Mingus, Sandy Ho, and Alice Wong for a conversation about access from a disability justice perspective on March 26, 2019, 4 pm Pacific with guest host House of … Continue Reading 3/26 #AccessIsLove Twitter Chat

Photograph of Corbett, a large bodied white woman with greying hair. She wears a blue shirt and pink and blue scarf.

Posted February 26, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

Creating a Disabled Family: The Life of Carrie Ann Lucas

Editor’s note: This is one of two essays by disabled parents about the life and work of Carrie Ann Lucas, a disabled parent, activist, lawyer and all-around life force in … Continue Reading Creating a Disabled Family: The Life of Carrie Ann Lucas

Five individuals sitting behind a draped table in front of a screen that reads "White House Forum on Civil Rights of Parents with Disabilities". At the end of the table is a brunette haired woman sitting in a wheelchair and speaking passionately. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Cokley.

Posted February 26, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

Carrie Ann Lucas Was a BAMF

Posted February 23, 2019 Podcast

Ep 45: Mental Health and People of Color

Posted February 1, 2019 DVP News and Events

Access Is Love

I’m excited to announce the launch of a new project in collaboration with Mia Mingus and Sandy Ho: Access Is Love. Access Is Love aims to help build a world … Continue Reading Access Is Love

Posted January 27, 2019 Podcast

Ep 43: Disabled “Fakers”

Black woman with black hair and black glasses is wearing a white shirt and smiling in front of a green flowered wall. Photo credit: Reid Beels

Posted December 16, 2018 Podcast

Ep 40: Disabled Writers with Keah Brown

An outdoor patio with Alice Wong [left], an Asian American disabled woman in a wheelchair. She is wearing a mask over her nose connected to a tubing for her ventilator. She is wearing a long-sleeved navy shirt and a sporty aqua blue vest and holding a paper coffee cup. On the right is Judith Heumann, an older white woman with short wavy brown hair. She is sitting in a power chai and wearing glasses, a dark green short-sleeved top and a scarf tied into a knot. Both are looking at the camera and smiling.

Posted December 13, 2018 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Judith Heumann and Alice Wong

On January 9, 2018, Alice Wong interviewed Judith Heumann for the Disability Visibility Project® with the StoryCorps app. Judy talked about growing up as a Jewish disabled girl in Brooklyn, … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Judith Heumann and Alice Wong