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Travel Tips: A Seriocomic Guide for Wheelchair Users… By Avery Olmstead Recently, I went on a trip to Washington D.C. DC itself was great and I would definitely go back … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Travel Tips: A Seriocomic Guide for Wheelchair Users…
The Disability Visibility Project, in partnership with Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), will be hosting a Twitter chat on Sunday, December 6, 5 pm Eastern/ 2 pm Pacific, … Continue Reading 12/6 DVP Twitter Chat on Ableism, Disability & End of Life Issues
The Disability Visibility Project, in partnership with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, will be hosting a Twitter chat on Monday, October 26, 4 pm Eastern/ 1 pm Eastern, … Continue Reading 10/26 Twitter Chat: Employment and Youth with Disabilities
We are proud to partner with the organizers of “Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality, and Disability,” a conference taking place November 4-6, 2015 at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. … Continue Reading Media Partner #91: Sex and Disability Conference, Wright State University
Shannon Des Roches Rosa interviewed Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, on June 20, 2015 for the Disability Visibility Project at the … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Shannon Des Roches Rosa and Steve Silberman
For the first time, an exhibit on the landmark 504 sit in that took place in 1997, “Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights,” in will be shown July 26-December … Continue Reading Q&A with Cathy Kudlick and Fran Osborne, Part Two
For the first time, an exhibit on the landmark 504 sit in that took place in 1997, “Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights,” in will be shown … Continue Reading Q&A with Cathy Kudlick and Fran Osborne, Part One
Alice Wong interviewed Olivia Davis at StoryCorps San Francisco on May 18, 2015. Below are edited excerpts from their conversation for the Disability Visibility Project. History of the Are Cripples … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Olivia Davis and Alice Wong
On April 11, 2015, Alice Wong interviewed Yomi Wrong for the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco. Below are short excerpts from their conversation. On Yomi’s birth, racism, and … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Yomi Wrong and Alice Wong
Many thanks to Susan Miller for writing a guest blog post about growing up with polio as a girl in the 1940s. How I Found Out I Was Bad Susan … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: How I Found Out I Was Bad
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator and Founder of the Disability Visibility Project, wrote an introduction to an upcoming book, The Guide to Assisting Students With Disabilities: Equal Access in Health Science and Professional … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Disability as Diversity in the Health Sciences
Below are some excerpts of an interview with Meriah Nichols and Alice Wong for the Disability Visibility Project. Their interview was recorded at StoryCorps San Francisco on November 1, 2014. These … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Meriah Nichols and Alice Wong
Bay Area Day of Mourning Mourn for the Dead. Fight like Hell for the Living! On Sunday, March 1, 2015, the Bay Area disability community gathered at the Ed Roberts … Continue Reading Bay Area Day of Mourning: Program Information and List of Names
On Sunday, March 1, 2015, the Bay Area disability community gathered at the Ed Roberts Campus to remember and mourn the deaths of disabled people at the hands of their … Continue Reading Bay Area Disability Day of Mourning: Alice Wong
On Sunday, March 1, 2015, the Bay Area disability community gathered at the Ed Roberts Campus to remember and mourn the deaths of disabled people at the hands of their … Continue Reading Bay Area Day of Mourning: La Mesha Irizarry
On Sunday, March 1, 2015, the Bay Area disability community gathered at the Ed Roberts Campus to remember and mourn the deaths of disabled people at the hands of their … Continue Reading Bay Area Day of Mourning: Leroy Moore