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Posted July 19, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

Building Bridges as a Disabled Korean Immigrant

Building Bridges as a Disabled Korean Immigrant Miso Kwak Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Miso_Kwak-Building_Bridges_as_A_Disabled_Korean_Immigrant.mp3 The summer when I turned thirteen, my family of five – my parents, two younger brothers, and … Continue Reading Building Bridges as a Disabled Korean Immigrant

Posted July 19, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

Missing Step

Missing Step Reyma McCoy McDeid Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Reyma_McCoy_McDeid-Missing_Step.mp3 Author’s note: although several organizations- and my roles within them- are mentioned here, views and opinions expressed in this essay are … Continue Reading Missing Step

White, cis man with dwarfism smiles at the camera. He has a shaved head and short beard andis wearing dark rimmed glasses, a dark driver's cap, and dark cardigan over a light t-shirt.

Posted July 12, 2020 Podcast

Ep 81: Bioethics

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/FINAL_Ep_81.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSS We’re right in the middle of the summer and the coronavirus pandemic … Continue Reading Ep 81: Bioethics

Text reads: Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century Online Book Launch. July 25th, 2020. 4-5:15 pm PT. Join us for this webinar featuring a discussion and readings by the editor Alice Wong and contributors to the book from the Bay Area. 10 lucky participants will receive a free copy! Register: https://tinyurl.com/DVBookLaunch. Webinar co-organized by the Disability visibility Project and the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability. The image is of the book cover has multicolored triangles with the book title over it. Edited by Alice Wong.

Posted June 21, 2020 DVP News and Events

7/25 Disability Visibility Online Book Event

On June 30, 2020 I have a book coming out, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century from Vintage Books. It’s an anthology I edited featuring work by … Continue Reading 7/25 Disability Visibility Online Book Event

Posted June 15, 2020 Podcast

Ep 79: Disabled Candidates

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_79_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSFor the last four years I’ve been a co-partner #CripTheVote which is an … Continue Reading Ep 79: Disabled Candidates

Black and white photo of an outdoor protest with one sign that says RESIST in white letters against a black piece of cardboard

Posted June 6, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

26 ways to be in the struggle, beyond the streets (June 2020 update)

26 ways to be in the struggle, beyond the streets. (a list) June 2020 updates Contributors Ejeris Dixon, Piper Anderson, Kay Ulanday Barrett, Ro Garrido, Emi Kane, Bhavana Nancherla, … Continue Reading 26 ways to be in the struggle, beyond the streets (June 2020 update)

Picture of Sachin Pavithran, a South Asian man in a suit holding white cane outside the Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Posted June 1, 2020 Podcast

Ep 78: Hate Crimes

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_78.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about hate crimes with Dr. Sachin Pavithran, the Director … Continue Reading Ep 78: Hate Crimes

A photo of Stacey Park Milbern, a mixed race Korean and white queer person, holding a paper sign that reads “Cherished.” The photo is stylistically torn at the edges with cursive text appearing across the bottom, “Stacey Milbern.”

Posted May 23, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

#StaceyTaughtUs Syllabus: Work by Stacey Park Milbern

#StaceyTaughtUs Syllabus Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Alice Wong Stacey Park Milbern taught us so much. Here is a syllabus with a small sample of her work through interviews, blog … Continue Reading #StaceyTaughtUs Syllabus: Work by Stacey Park Milbern

Stacey Park Milbern outside smiling at the camera with gold rimmed aviator sunglasses on. Her short, undercut styled hair is swooped forward over her forehead a little to the right. A tiger tattoo curls up her bare right arm. She is wearing a grey sleeveless tee shirt with a bold black horizontal stripe and red and black plaid leggings.

Posted May 23, 2020 DVP News and Events

#StaceyTaughtUs: Record your story for the Disability Visibility Project

Stacey Park Milbern (1987-2020) recorded her oral history twice for the Disability Visibility Project, a community partnership with StoryCorps. As communities celebrate Stacey’s life and work, I invite you to … Continue Reading #StaceyTaughtUs: Record your story for the Disability Visibility Project

A mixed race Korean and white queer person smiles head on at the camera. She has big glasses and is wearing a crewneck. Her trach and wheelchair can be seen.

Posted May 19, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Loving Stacey Park Milbern: A Remembrance

My friend Stacey Park Milbern died today, May 19, 2020, on her birthday. I haven’t cried yet and am overwhelmed with gratitude for knowing and loving her. I feel sadness … Continue Reading Loving Stacey Park Milbern: A Remembrance

A head and shoulders picture of a woman with short brown/gray hair, glasses, and a big smile standing in front of a column in a government building. The picture is off center and there are blurred lights in the background. She is wearing a gray patterned sweater over a gray, blue and black patterned dress.

Posted May 17, 2020 Podcast

Ep 77: Mental Health Advocacy

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep77_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSS This May is Mental Health Awareness month and today I speak with … Continue Reading Ep 77: Mental Health Advocacy

[left] Alex, an above the knee amputee, poses joyously in a monochromatic light blue outfit and a dark blue bandana around his neck. Balancing on his crutches, he beams looking off into the distance with his dark brown, wavy hair framing his face. [right] Photograph of Karen Nakamura (an asian american woman with short hair) holding her service dog Momo, a grey and white beagle. The photograph is studio quality.

Posted May 4, 2020 Podcast

Ep 76: Film Festivals

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_76_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about film festivals and I speak with Alex Locust … Continue Reading Ep 76: Film Festivals

[left] Photo of life-partners and Co-Executive Directors of The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, Shaylin Sluzalis and Germán Parodi. On the left is Shaylin Sluzalis, a white woman with long brown curly hair, in a red long sleeve ADAPT shirt smiles as she sits on the side of Germán Parodi's wheelchair who is on the right of Shaylin. Germán Parodi, a Puerto Rican man is sitting in his manual wheelchair with long dark brown curly hair, in a long navy blue ADAPT shirt with a slight grin and his arm around Shaylin. Their background is a light blue painting with multi-colored lines from wheelchair wheels with paint, a project done by disabled Philadelphian's with Disability Pride Philadelphia. Photo credit: Albert Yee [right] Biracial woman with curly black hair is smiling for the camera. She has black-rimmed glasses and is wearing a blue, flowered romper. She is seated in a coffee shop, backs of patrons visible behind her.

Posted April 18, 2020 Podcast

Ep 75: Coronavirus and Disaster Planning

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/75_Ep_75_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about natural disasters and emergency preparedness with Germán Luis … Continue Reading Ep 75: Coronavirus and Disaster Planning

Posted March 30, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

Fatphobia, Ableism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

An Unacceptable Sacrifice: Fatphobia, Ableism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Finn Gardiner Over the past several weeks, I have encountered online discussions about the coronavirus pandemic that attack fat … Continue Reading Fatphobia, Ableism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

A poster for CRIP CAMP. Image is a vintage color snapshot. A person who appears to be a young white male is sitting in a manual wheelchair. A person who appears to be a black male is standing behind the wheelchair user. His left hand is holding onto the wheelchair handle. His right hand is holding a guitar slung over his shoulder. In the background are low slung bunks and buildings. Text on the poster reads (from top left to bottom right): From Executive Producers President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. A Netflix original documentary. CRIP CAMP: A Disability Revolution. An award laurel reads: Winner Audience Award U. S. Documentary Sundance film festival 2020. On Netflix March 25.

Posted March 24, 2020 DVP News and Events

4/1 #CripCampNetflix Twitter Chat

Let’s talk about the power of disability activism, culture, and community! The Disability Visibility Project invites you to a Twitter chat about the documentary film Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution … Continue Reading 4/1 #CripCampNetflix Twitter Chat

Posted March 9, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Marieke Nijkamp: The Oracle Code

Q&A with Marieke Nijkamp: The Oracle Code *This Q&A contains spoilers for the graphic novel, The Oracle Code available March 10, 2020, DC Comics Content warnings: eugenics, institutionalization, ableism, … Continue Reading Q&A with Marieke Nijkamp: The Oracle Code